BOOK BINDING

(SAINT BENEDICT).

Regula S. Benedicti patris toto occidente celeberrimi, ad triginta plus minùs tùm veterum M. S. tùm impressorum Codicum censuram sidemque revocata. Cum aliis eiusdem opusculis, vitâ, & historiâ varie illustrata opera F. Baldini.

Coloniae, Ioannes Crithius, 1620. 12mo. Bound in a beautiful black full calf binding with richly gilt spine and gilt borders with corner-ornamentation to boards. Gilding very vague. Six gilt fleurs de lis to spine. Edges of boards and all edges gilt. Closely trimmed, here and there affecting text. Ownership signatures to front free endpaper and title-page (dated 1712). Lower right corner of title-page reinforced from verso. A few scattered brownspots. Housed in a 19th century vertical full calf case. 273, (13) pp.

Order-nr.: 58243