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Discorso sopra il primo salmo penitentiale. THE BANGOR COPY
15857270Per Gio. Rossi Bologna 1585. 4to. 398ff title enclosed by narrow decorative frame border with fine woodcut arms of Sixtus V to whom the work is dedicated large woodcut of King David within ornate decorative border on fourth leaf verso several woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces some extremely light virtually negligible spotting on fore-margins rather heavier on a few leaves some light marginal damp-staining on two leaves of general index; modern full vellum backstrip lettered by hand in brown new endpapers original free endpapers preserved lettered in MS on bottom edge in an early calligraphic hand a remarkably bright crisp copy with broad margins. This copy was formerly in the notable library of Viscount Bangor. With 15pp general index and index of verses. The final printed leaf gives errata recto and registration verso. Collation: 4 A-ZAA-ZZAAa-Ca8DDd2. An extraordinarily long commentary on ten verses of the first penitential psalm Psalm 6 by an apparently obscure Bolognese monk. RARE. Not in BMC Adams or NUC. Per Gio. Rossi, Bologna, hardcover
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