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TRENT, Council of -- Catechismus Ex Decreto Concilii Tridentini, ad parochos, Pii quinti pont. max. iussu editus. Rome: in aedibus Populi Romani, apud Paulum Manutium, 1566.
2° (315 x 215mm). Woodcut vignette on title, incorporating an Aldine anchor. (Small repairs to lower blank margins of title, C1, EE2-FF2, GG1-II6.) Early-19th-century English russia gilt, g.e. (rebacked). Provenance: Smith Sligo (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION of the first official Catholic catechism, based on the recommendations of the Council of Trent: an important monument of the Counter Reformation. Renouard p.200.
Canones, et decreta sacrosancti oecumenici, et generalis concilii Tridentini sub Paulo III, Iulio III, Pio IIII, pontificibus max. Rome: Paulus Manutius, 1564.
2° (314 x 220mm). Woodcut Aldine anchor on title. (40mm. blank strip excised from foot of title, D3 & 4 inserted from a smaller copy with margins neatly extended, stab hole in lower blank margin of leaves to L6, appreciable staining to K4-L6, wormhole in A1-C4 and T5-V6.) Contemporary limp vellum (cockled and lightly soiled), modern morocco-backed box. Provenance: unidentified early Italian inscriptions. FIRST EDITION. Renouard pp.190-194 (2)
2° (315 x 215mm). Woodcut vignette on title, incorporating an Aldine anchor. (Small repairs to lower blank margins of title, C1, EE2-FF2, GG1-II6.) Early-19th-century English russia gilt, g.e. (rebacked). Provenance: Smith Sligo (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION of the first official Catholic catechism, based on the recommendations of the Council of Trent: an important monument of the Counter Reformation. Renouard p.200.
Canones, et decreta sacrosancti oecumenici, et generalis concilii Tridentini sub Paulo III, Iulio III, Pio IIII, pontificibus max. Rome: Paulus Manutius, 1564.
2° (314 x 220mm). Woodcut Aldine anchor on title. (40mm. blank strip excised from foot of title, D3 & 4 inserted from a smaller copy with margins neatly extended, stab hole in lower blank margin of leaves to L6, appreciable staining to K4-L6, wormhole in A1-C4 and T5-V6.) Contemporary limp vellum (cockled and lightly soiled), modern morocco-backed box. Provenance: unidentified early Italian inscriptions. FIRST EDITION. Renouard pp.190-194 (2)