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[Religion , Binding] Catalogus Sanctorum, 1521
Petrus de Natalibus. Catalogus sanctorum ex diversis ac doctis voluminibus congestus: a reuerendissimo in Christo patre domino Petro de natalibus de venetijs: dei gratia episcopo Equilino: ac iam denuo accurate reuisus. [Strasbourg, Johann Knobloch], 1521
Folio, (32 x 22 cm), ff. [4], contemporary blindtooled pigsking binding, brass clasps, ff. CCXXXVI [i.e. 219], [1] , signature a-d8 e-i6 k8 l-r6 s-z8 A-B8 C-H6 I8, ff. [pi greco]4 e I8 are blank, title page printed in red and black
Handclolored title page.
Rare early edition of the influential legends of the saints, first published in Vicenza in 1493.
"A very valuable work with a wide circulation. In his arrangement of the various lives he follows the calendar of the Church. The collection [...] went through many editions, the last of which (the eighth) appeared in Venice, 1616" (Cath. Encyclopedia, s.v.).
Some marks of use, but a good copy in original binding.