Details
[TORTOISE-SHELL BINDING.] Officio della B.V. Maria. Dato in luce per decreto del Beato Pio V. Venice: Antonio Eberardi, 1684.
12o (118 x 66 mm). (Some spotting.) 18th-century tortoise-shell with cast silver clasps, catch-plates, recessed hinges, gilt-decorated paper endleaves, edges gilt. Provenance: obscured Italian gift inscriptions dated 1798 and 1810; Roger W. Barrett (his sale Parke-Bernet, 8 January 1952, lot 279).
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