Apr 25, 2002 - Sale 1933

Sale 1933 - Lot 20

Price Realized: $ 230
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
BARONIO, CESARE, Cardinal. Martyrologium Romanum. [32], 588, [52] pages, including engraved frontispiece. 4to, old vellum, worn, rebacked, covers warped, title crudely lettered in ink on front; some marginal soiling; institutional bookplate (with release stamp). Venice: Apud Minimam Societatem, 1591
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At the request of Pope Gregory XIII Baronio revised the martyrology to resolve confusion over feast-days resulting from the reform of the calendar in 1582; the first edition appeared in 1586.<