Epistolae

by Saint Hieronymus

$7,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Part 1: 183 of 184 ; Part 2: 229 of 230 leaves. i iii 5 v4 a–p10 q–s8; v4 A10 B8 C–E10 F8 G12 GG2 H–Y10 Z9. Lacking first blank of Volume I and last blank of Volume II. 1 vols. Folio. 397 270 mm. Early 18th-c.? vellum, marbled endpapers, edges stained red, covers with hand-drawn rules and central arabesque devices in ink. Upper joint split, but cords sound, covers soiled; first leaf soiled, first and last several leaves of both volumes with marginal waterstaining. A good,

• Binding: Leather

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