1602 HISTORY of POPES by Anastasius Bibliothecarius antique VELLUM

Anastasius Bibliothecarius.

Historia, De Vitis Romanorum Pontificum. Ab Petro Apostolo Usque Ad Nicolaum I.; nunquam hactenus typis excusa Deinde Vita Hadriani II. Et Stephani VI.

Mainz, Albinus; 1602

Size 7 by 9.5"

[18] lvs, 352 pp., [7] lvs.

Original decorative black-stamped vellum binding.

• VD17 23:230110H. -
• The first printed edition of this papal chronicle written by the medieval archivist, librarian and antipope Anastasius Bibliothecarius (811-879) and later expanded by William of Malmesbury (1080-1142). 

Title page with Jesuit vignette.

Binding stained, worn.

Heavy toning

With stamp and spine label of a dissolved monastery library.

Text in Latin