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RARE 1597 CHAINED LIBRARY BOOK BLIND TOOLED PIGSKIN FOLIO antique Martyrologium

RARE 1597 CHAINED LIBRARY BOOK BLIND TOOLED PIGSKIN FOLIO antique Martyrologium

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Baronius, Caesar.


Martyrologium Romanum, ad Novum Kalendarii Rationem ...

Venice: Marc'Antonio Zaltieri, 1597


title in red and black with engraved device;

(32), SS8, (74) pp.

Original  blind-decorated and pictorial stamped pigskin, rebacked


Size 6 3/4 by 9 1/2"


Binding worn, title soiled (and with 'none before', some text stains etc. p. 355 with repaired corner, p.587 with corner loss, some worming on last 4 leaves,  old clasps (1 missing, 1 remains, some  period manuscript notes


pictorial 19th century German bookplate (Berlingen)

Text in Latin


not in Adams


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Cesare Baronio (also known as Caesar Baronius; 1538 – 1607) was an Italian cardinal and ecclesiastical historian of the Roman Catholic Church.
His best-known works are his Annales Ecclesiastici ("Ecclesiastical Annals"), which appeared in 12 folio volumes (1588–1607).
Pope Benedict XIV conferred upon him the title of Venerable.



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