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(MONASTIC RULES.) Benedict, Saint; et al. Habes isto volumine . . . quattuor primu[m] approbatas religiosis quibusq[ue] vivendi regulas [etc.]. Large partly tinted woodcut of St. Benedict flanked by 2 saints. 205, [53] leaves (but gathering B incorrectly folded, with leaves out of order). 4to, 200x143 mm, contemporary blind-tooled calf over wooden boards with brass catches, lacking clasps, rebacked with pigskin at an early date, leather missing from rear cover; conspicuous marginal stains through much of volume, scattered early underscoring and marginalia, some words inked out, free endpapers lacking. Early inscriptions on pastedowns, including Benedictine Vow of Brother Abraham Grueber dated 1625. Paris: Jean Petit, (13 July 1514)
Compilation of the Rules of SS. Benedict, Basil, Augustine, and Francis, with a life of St. Benedict by Pope Gregory I, commentary on the Benedictine Rule by Juan de Torquemada, and related texts.
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