Council of Trent. CANONES, ET DECRETA SACROSANCTI OECUMENICI ET GENERALIS CONCILII TRIDENTINI SUB PAULO III, IULIO III, PIO IIII. PONTIFICIBUS MAX. Rome: Apud Paulum Manutium, Aldi F., 1564. First quarto edition (followed the first edition which was in folio). Half mottled calf over marbled paper boards, label and gilt on spine, all edges speckled. 4to; A-2M4 2N2; 284pp. Italic type with Roman; text in Latin. With woodcut Aldine device on title page, woodcut initials. Renouard 190/4; Adams C2795; Edit16 12985; USTC 860993.

7 3/8 x 5 1/4 in.

From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.

First quarto edition of the Canons and Decrees of the Ecumenical and General Council of Trent. Aldine printed folio, quarto, and octavo editions.

Boards with edgewear, corners bumped, small paper losses, spine worn with chips to label, several small wormholes, cracking along joints and leather losses, especially at head and tail; endpapers with staining, toning, and foxing; title page with significant areas of washed and smudged ink manuscript; pages toned and foxed with occasional grime; frequent marginalia and underlining with occasional ink mark/stain; E1-G1 with semicircular cut at upper margin, several leaves with small blemish, loss, tear, or dent, several leaves with repairs, scattered writing and marks in pastel at final gatherings. A fair to good copy but complete; rare.