Council of Trent, Catechismo, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1567, later calf, Powis copy

COUNCIL OF TRENT. Catechismo, cioe Istruttione secondo il decreto del Concilio di Trento a' parochi, publicato per comandamento del santiss. s.n. papa Pio V, & tradotto poi per ordine di s. santità in lingua volgare dal reuerendo padre frate Alesso Figliucci de l'ordine de' predicatori. Venice: Aldo II Manuzio, 1567

4to (196 x 141 mm). Roman type, 38 lines plus headline. Collation: *⁴ A-Z⁴ AA-ZZ⁴ aa-xx⁴: 272 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page. (Intermittent browning and spotting.)

Binding: Nineteenth-century calf gilt (147 x 205 mm), Aldine devices at center of sides, all edges gilt. (Front joint cracked, scuffed.)

Provenance: George Herbert, 4th Earl Powis (1862-1952, signature on flyleaf), sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 20-22 March 1923, probably part of lot 573, purchased by — Bernard Quaritch. Acquisition: Purchased from Brick Row Book Shop, San Francisco, 1985. References: UCLA 784; Edit16 12060; Renouard 203/5