Ravizza, De numero oratorio, Venice, Paolo Manuzio, 1554, eighteenth-century half vellum

Ravizza, Giovita. Iouitae Rapicij Brixiani De numero oratorio libri quinque, ad Reginaldum Polum cardinalem amplissimum. Eiusdem paraphrasis in psalmos Dauidis, & quaedam carmina. Venice: Paolo Manuzio, 1554

Folio (330 x 192 mm). Roman type, 44 lines plus headline. collation: A-Z² AA-EE^{2 2}A-K²: 76 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device to title-page and verso of last leaf, historiated initials. (Light spotting, mainly marginal, occasional stains, first signature loose.)

binding: Eighteenth-century half vellum over cream colored boards (310 x 204 mm), flat spine, two morocco labels. (Light staining and scuffing.)

provenance: Collegio dei SS. Giacomo e Vincenzo, Cremona, Barnabite convent, inscription "Collegii S.S. Jacobi et Vincenti, Cremon. M.D.C." on title-page — Conte Ercole Silva (1756-1840), armorial ex libris — unidentified owner, purple booksellers' ticket lettered Agostino Rosso, Palermo. acquisition: Purchased from Marlborough Rare Books, London, 1987. references: UCLA 464; Renouard 159/9; Edit16 27837; USTC 852077