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[Papacy] - Vitae Romanorum pontificum a D. Pe

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[Papacy] - Vitae Romanorum pontificum a D. Pe
[Papacy] - Vitae Romanorum pontificum a D. Petro usque ad Clementem VIII. Ex Platinae historia in Epitomen redacta (...) [ed. Joannes A Glano]. Liège, Henricus Hovius, 1597, 8vo, old blindruled overlapping vellum, green cloth ties, [48]-500 pp. (some browning and staining). Good copy. € 300/350 Rare illustrated short biographies of all popes, including (pp. 453-456) Adrianus VI. The compilation is ascribed to Jean-Baptiste de Glen or to Bartolomeo Sacchi. Woodcut arms on titlepage, some 235 woodcut portraits by Jacques de Glen. Ownership entry on titlepage erased. Ref. Belg.Typogr. 4785 or 9344. De Theux 30. Machiels P-949. STCDutch (BL London) p. 181. Not in Adams, NUC.
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