Vittori, De sacramento confessionis, Rome, Paolo Manuzio, 1562, early limp vellum

Vittori, Mariano. De sacramento confessionis, seu paenitentiae, historia, ex ueteribus sanctis patribus collecta, per quam contra haereticos lutheranos copiose ostenditur, sacramentalem confessionem ab ipso Christo institutam esse, et in ecclesiae catholicae vsu vsque ad nostra tempora semper obseruatam. De antiquis paenitentiis utilis libellus, e ueteribus sanctis patribus accurate contextus. Mariano Victorio Reatino auctore. Rome: Paolo Manuzio, 1562

Tall copy.

8vo (166 x 106 mm). Roman and italic type, 29 lines plus headline. collation: A-Q⁸: 128 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page. (Lightly foxed, one or two small stains.)

binding: Early limp vellum (172 x 112 mm), manuscript spine title. (Spine and extremities a bit soiled, loss to spine tail, hinges defective).

provenance: Unidentified owner, inkstamp "S. Silvest.…ler. Reg.," possibly S. Silvestro, Veroli (18^th century) — Ludwig Rosenthal's Antiquariaat, Catalogue 212: The Reformation and its consequences (Hilversum [1970]), item 393 (DFL 150). acquisition: Purchased from Ludwig Rosenthal's Antiquariaat, Hilversum, 1970. references: UCLA 682; Renouard 186/8; Edit16 27794; USTC 863717; Barberi pp. 119-120