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MAGGIORINO, Benedetto. Il Discorso ... delle varie Osservationi, & Differenze dell'Anno, usate in diverse età, & parti del mondo, & massimamente in Italia innanzi la invention del bisesto, et dell'errore che segue di esso bisesto, & delli calendari..., [Venice: Francesco Marcolini da Forli, June 1537], small 4°, printer's device to title and verso of final leaf (stitching weak, a few spots), recent boards (new endpapers, spine torn away). [Adams M114]

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MAGGIORINO, Benedetto. Il Discorso ... delle varie Osservationi, & Differenze dell'Anno, usate in diverse età, & parti del mondo, & massimamente in Italia innanzi la invention del bisesto, et dell'errore che segue di esso bisesto, & delli calendari..., [Venice: Francesco Marcolini da Forli, June 1537], small 4°, printer's device to title and verso of final leaf (stitching weak, a few spots), recent boards (new endpapers, spine torn away). [Adams M114]

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Maggiorino explains the existence of leap years and changes they cause within a year. He discusses the names of the months, why they change and why some months have more days than others. The treatise also contains a perpetual calendar which lists the dates for all moveable feasts from 1440 up to 1971.

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