1567 CATECHISMUS ROMANUS antique PIGSKIN over WOOD BINDING 16th CENTURY

Catechismus Romanus

s ex decreto concilii Tridentini, ad parochos.
Pii quinti Pont. Max. iussu editus, nunc vero primum in Germania cum Maiorum autoritate & permissu Pauli Manutii recusus. Accessit Praefatio... Episcopi Augustani.

Dillingen, S. Mayer; 1567

 4 leaves, 935 pp., 29 leaves.

With woodcut coat of arms on the title page and 2 figurative initials.

Original blind-tooled pigskin binding over wooden boards with 1 (of 2) clasp.
Spine with raised bands and manuscript title.

-VD16 K 2052. Cf. Adams C 1056.-


First edition published in Germany (first in Rome 1566), expanded to include the adjective "Romanus". -

Catechism for parish priests, published by order of Pope Pius V after the decree of the Council of Trent.


Title with several manuscript ownership inscriptions

Very good interior, binding worn,  clasp not functional.


Size: 4 3/4 by 6 1/2 inches

Text in Latin
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