AMBROSE, Bishop of Milan, Saint. Omnia opera. [Basel: Johann Petrus of Langendorf, May 1506]. Volume I only of 3 (with the index Registrum florigerum to the complete work bound at the front), 4° (210 x 152mm). Collation: a-i8 k4 l-n8 (n8 blank); a8 (a8 blank) a-z A-F8 G H6 J-M8 N6. Large woodcut of St.Ambrose on title. Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin, clasps (one clasp defective, some scuffing of extremities). Cf. Adams A-934. -- Saint Jerome. In vitas patrum. Lyons: Jacques Sachon for Jacques Huguetan, October 1512. 4° (253 x 175mm). Collation: A6 a-y8 z4. Title in red and black with small woodcut of St.Jerome, large printer's device on verso of final leaf. (Some browning.) Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin-backed wooden boards (spine chipped at foot). BL STC French p.240. -- and two others (Concordia... Leipzig: 1584. 4°; L.ARIOSTO. Orlando Furioso. Venice: 1568. 4°). (4)

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AMBROSE, Bishop of Milan, Saint. Omnia opera. [Basel: Johann Petrus of Langendorf, May 1506]. Volume I only of 3 (with the index Registrum florigerum to the complete work bound at the front), 4° (210 x 152mm). Collation: a-i⁸ k⁴ l-n⁸ (n8 blank); a⁸ (a8 blank) a-z A-F⁸ G H⁶ J-M⁸ N⁶. Large woodcut of St.Ambrose on title. Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin, clasps (one clasp defective, some scuffing of extremities). Cf. Adams A-934. -- Saint Jerome. In vitas patrum. Lyons: Jacques Sachon for Jacques Huguetan, October 1512. 4° (253 x 175mm). Collation: A⁶ a-y⁸ z⁴. Title in red and black with small woodcut of St.Jerome, large printer's device on verso of final leaf. (Some browning.) Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin-backed wooden boards (spine chipped at foot). BL STC French p.240. -- and two others (Concordia... Leipzig: 1584. 4°; L.ARIOSTO. Orlando Furioso. Venice: 1568. 4°). (4)

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