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Bartolomeo da Urbino: DIUI AMBROSII MILLELOQUIUM SUMMAM TOTIUS DOCTRINÆ ILLIUS AMBROSII SUB MILLE TITULIS, SEU GENERALIBUS CAPITIBUS ORDER ALPHABETICO DIGESTIS, COMPLECTENS, AUCTHORE FRATRE BARTHOLOMÆO VRBINATE EPISCOPO. ADIECTUS EST SINGULORUM TITOLORUM INDEX. Julduni, 1556, ad Salamandræ apud Senetonios fratres.
1 vol., in folio, 37.5x25.5 cm; [4] c., 2444 col., [7] c. Contemporary binding in full parchment, titles printed in gold on the spine, coloured edges.
Large 16th century edition of the work compiled by the Augustinian hermit Bartolomeo da Urbino (d. 1350), a collection of large extracts from the theological works of St. Ambrose, entirely similar to the work the author had dedicated to St. Augustine the previous year; the only edition ever printed, with a typ. brand on the frontispiece (a salamander in flames) and large initials engraved in the text.
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Rare Books & Manuscripts
Rare Books & Manuscripts
from 16th Century
Palazzo Caetani Lovatelli, tue 17 December 2024
SINGLE SESSION 17/12/2024 Hours 14:00