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HIERONYMUS, Saint. Epistolae. [6], 174; [4], 229, [1] leaves, including initial and final blanks. Roman type. Rubricated throughout, and with decorated initial and painted scrollwork in one margin on [pi]2r and a1r in first volume and on A1r in second. 2 volumes in one. Folio, 416x287 mm, later binding of manuscript choirbook vellum over boards, recased, joints partly cracked, endpapers renewed; occasional marginal soiling and stains, mainly conspicuous on opening leaves of first volume, first 2 leaves rehinged, rust hole in center of second leaf affecting a few letters, partial reinforcement in outer margin on verso, upper portion of outer margin excised and restored slightly entering painted decoration on A1r in second volume, early underscoring and marginalia throughout. Ownership inscription of the Piarist College of Schlackenwerth (now Ostrov, Czech Republic). (Venice: Andreas Torresanus, de Asula, 15 May 1488)
