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Albani, Libri de potestate papae et concilii, Venice, 1561, contemporary Roman red morocco gilt by Marcantonio Guillery

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ALBANI, GIAN GIROLAMO. Libri de potestate papae et concilii novissima editio multis aucta lucubrationibus eiusdem autoris. Cum amplissimo repertorio. Venice: Comin da Trino, 1561

A LATER EDITION OF ALBANI'S WORK ON PAPAL POWER IN A CONTEMPORARY ROMAN BINDING BY MARCANTONIO GUILLERY.

Gian Girolamo Albani (1509-1591) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal of Albanian descent and the author of a series of works on ecclesiastical themes.

This volume is in a contemporary Roman binding by Marcantonio Guillery (fl. 1558-1562). For a binding with similar tooling, on another copy of the same 1561 Venice edition of the present work, see Fumagalli, Di Demetrio Canevari medico e bibliofilo genovese e delle preziose legature che si dicono a lui appartenute, 1903, pl [IV], no.1 (A. Hobson, Apollo and Pegasus, "List B: Bindings by Marcantonio Guillery", p.89, no. 9).

4to (209 x 143 mm). Roman type, 28 lines plus headline. collation: a⁴ A-Z⁴ 2A-2I⁴ *⁴ 2*⁶: 142 leaves. Title-page with woodcut device, woodcut initials, several pen-trials in an early modern hand. (Endleaves removed, staining on last few leaves and lower pastedown, mostly marginal worming from 2F4 to end of textblock.)

binding: Contemporary Roman binding by Marcantonio Guillery (212 x 148 mm), red morocco profusely gilt, broad ivy border flanked by blind lines around sides, centre panel filled with swirling arabesque and leafy tools, spine with 5 full and 2 half bands, manuscript title on paper label to third compartment, traces of 4 pairs of ties, gilt edges. (Rebacked with most of original spine laid down.)

provenance: Erased early modern ownership inscription to title—"Antonio Donado | 30 Marzo 1635", ownership inscription to front pastedown—Jean Fürstenberg (1890-1982), bookplate—Martin Breslauer, Catalogue 107, [c.1983], item 8. acquisition: Purchased in 1990 from Martin Breslauer Inc., New York. references: USTC 808197; Edit16 CNCE 627

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