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Early Printed Hymnal. Gregorian Chants in Latin.
Incomplete quarto volume printed in red and black throughout, an unidentified continental imprint of the late-16-early-17th century; with square black notes on a red five-line staff throughout, with ornamental initials in red and black, some spanning two staffs; text begins with the "Asperges me," and consists of signatures A-M8, N4; lacking leaves at beginning and end only; containing dozens of hymns for different religious occasions, including the feast of Saint Benedict and the martyred Saint Sebastian; protected by a wrapper fashioned from an early manuscript leaf, now detached from textblock; 7 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.
