Church History.- Petri (Suffridus) De illustribus ecclesiae scriptoribus..., 1580; and others similar, largely 16th-19th century Latin (48)

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Church History.- Petri (Suffridus) De illustribus ecclesiae scriptoribus..., ink inscription to front endpaper, lacking b8 blank, a few ff. trimmed close at margins, toning and marginal water-staining, a few spots, cracking at upper hinge, near contemporary parchment boards with ?12th-century manuscript style decoration, rubbed and stained with a few cracks, Cologne, Maternus Cholinus, 1580 Ludolf (Hiob) Ad Suam Historiam Aethiopicam Antehac Editam Commentarius..., title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 2 mezzotint portraits and 8 engraved plates (some folding), illustrations (some full-page), frontispiece loosely inserted and some plates torn with loss, 1691 bound with Relatio Nova De hodierno Habeßiniae Statu..., title with engraved vignette, 1693, together 2 works in 1 vol., surface soiling and scattered foxing, a few small marginal nicks and tears, cracking at hinges, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed and chipped, Frankfurt am Main, Johann David Zunner, [VD16 P 1781; VD17 23:230610L; VD17 39:124177N]; and others similar, largely 16th-19th century Latin, including a defective 2 vol. set of "Ecclesiasticae Historiae Libri XVIII" edited by Johann Lange & Fronton Du Duc (1630) and vol. 2 only of "Documenta controversiam missionariorum apostolicorum imperii sinici..." (1699), v.s. (48)

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