Scalvo, Rosariae preces ad... Mariam Virginem, Milan, 1569, later red calf

Bartolomeo Scalvo

Rosariae preces ad gloriosam Dei genitricem Mariam Virginem meditationibus auctae ad vitae Christi eiusdemque matris repetendam memoriam. Milan: Pacifico Da Ponte, March 1569

4to (211 x 150mm.), title within woodcut border, each page of the text within a woodcut border, other woodcut illustrations, woodcut initials, modern red calf with gilt fillet border

FIRST EDITION. A charming devotional text, in the manner of a book of hours. It was issued simultaneously in Italian and Latin.

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