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Pontificale Romanum Clementis VIII. Pont. Max. Iussu Restitutum atque editum. Nunc primum Typis Plantinianis emendatius recusum
1627TTUntLIT62Antwerp: Plantin Press Balthasar Moretus & the Widow of Joannes Moretus & Ioannes Meursius 1627. 1627. folio. pp. 4 p.l. 512 2 leaves. printed in red & black throughout in double columns. engraved frontis. cut round & mounted & engraved title vignette. woodcut ornaments & initials & woodcut printer's device at end. music in text. contemporary morocco all edges gilt double-fillet panel border on covers with corner ornaments another double-fillet border near edges the spine with double-fillet horizonal lines at head & foot 4 double-fillet vertical lines the inner lines with corner ornaments joints just starting corners worn covers with some stains & small patches wanting - a larger one filled in spine with a few nicks lacking front free-endpaper upper & outer margins of title renewed light dampstain to extreme outer edge of a few leaves but overall an appealing copy the interior in very good condition. The Pontifical contains the rites that a Bishop follows in the performance of his functions including the conferring of confirmation and Holy Orders. This revision by Pope Clement VIII was first published in 1596. Hardcover. Antwerp: Plantin Press, Balthasar Moretus & the Widow of Joannes Moretus, & Ioannes Meursius, 1627. Hardcover
