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Officium B.M. Virginis : Pii V et Urbani VIII. Summ. Pontif. auctoritate recognitum.

Accession number
PML 252244
Published
Genvae : [publisher not identified], 1649.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Engraved frontispiece, heightened in gold and colored title page heightened in gold, initials, plates, etc.
Engravings by Goyrand.
Includes index ([4] pages) at end.
Library's copy housed in a brown levant solander case, sides squared and gilt-tooled with lily tool.
Description
[48], 396, [4] pages : illustration ; 86 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscription in unknown hand in ink on page [48]: Prudentia[?] temperantia Justilia et tortotudo[?]; inscription in unknown hand in ink on page [399-400]: [adding to the index in Latin]
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman, with her bookplate.
Binding
Tortoise shell binding, cut-out scroll work over gold metal; Virgin on center of front cover and saint on the rear. Gold washed clasps and hinges.
Classification
Department