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LUDOLPHUS de Saxonia. Vita Christi, Venice: Guerra brothers and F. Ziletti, 1581. 2° (342 x 215mm). Title within a woodcut border and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text (title repaired at lower margin with no loss, same leaf a little soiled, a little waterstained at the end). Later vellum. Provenance: Monastery of St. Margaret, Modena (17th-century inscription on title). Censimento CNCE 45670.
BORROMEO, Federico, Cardinal. De concionante episcopo libri tres, Milan: [Typographia Collegii Ambrosiani?], 1632. 2° (289 x 200mm). Fine engraved illustration on title. Contemporary vellum gilt (a little soiled and loose). Provenance: calligraphic presentation inscription on title from Francesco Visconti, Bishop of Cremona; Jesuits at Rome (washed calligraphic inscription at head of title). A handsome production from this private press. BL STC I, p.135; and 11 others similar. (13)
BORROMEO, Federico, Cardinal. De concionante episcopo libri tres, Milan: [Typographia Collegii Ambrosiani?], 1632. 2° (289 x 200mm). Fine engraved illustration on title. Contemporary vellum gilt (a little soiled and loose). Provenance: calligraphic presentation inscription on title from Francesco Visconti, Bishop of Cremona; Jesuits at Rome (washed calligraphic inscription at head of title). A handsome production from this private press. BL STC I, p.135; and 11 others similar. (13)
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