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Historiae Aloysii Lipomani episcopi Veronensis De vitis sanctorum. Cum scholiis eiusdem, omnium modernorum hæreticorum blasphemias ac deliramenta clarè conuincentibus.
Portion of title: De vitis sanctorum
Lovanii, : Apud Petrum Zangrium Tiletanum, sub fonte., 1564.
2 v. ([30], 498, [2]; [12], 478, [2] p.) ; Fo.
Includes index at beginning of vol. 1.
Woodcut printers' device on both t.p., and on verso of final leaf of each vol.
Woodcut historiated initials; tail-pieces; printed marginalia.
Handwritten booklabel pasted on front flyleaf verso: Ex bibliotheca Steelsiana, Maastrajecti (ie. Maastricht) 1828.
Inscription on front flyleaf: F.J. a Hort.
Inscription on front pastedown: J. E. Morris. Ch. Ch. 1842.
Contemporary continental brown calf over wooden boards; blind tooled frame and central panel (two rolls' width) roll of figures of saints, triple fillet borders, and small stamps of flowers, acorns, and crowned doubleheaded eagles; chamfered wooden boards with holes for clasps and furniture; double-corded spine, having lost most of its external leather; ms. pastedowns.
Booksellers' label on front pastedown: Sold by C. I. Stewart, 11 King William Street, West Strand, London.
Some sections heavily annotated with red ink in a sixteenth century hand; initial letters also touched with red in these sections.
Hagiography Early works to 1800.
Zangrius, Petrus printer.
Belgium Leuven
B29094