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Rome, Italy
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Reference IDs
EDIT 16 (WWW): CNCE 21733
Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries: G-1176
Folger call number: 175- 531f
Folger holdings ID: 243491
Accession Number: 175531
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Bibliographic format
folio
General notes
Engraved port. of Gregory the Great signed: M.G.F Vol. 1 dated: 1588, v. 2: 1589, v. 3: 1591, v. 4: 1591, v. 5: 1593, v. 6: 1593 Signatures: v. 1: *⁴ A-M⁶ N⁸, ²A-2B⁶; v. 2: *² 2C-3N⁶ 3P-5A⁶ 5B⁴ 5C-6A⁶ 6B⁴; v. 3: 2*⁴ A-2B⁶ 2C⁴ A⁴, a-g⁶ d⁸ e-i⁶ (in Greek characters); v. 4: *² A-2O⁶ a-d⁶ e⁴; v. 5: *⁴ A-X⁶ Y⁸; v. 6: *² A-2D⁶ 2E⁸ a-k⁶ Pagination: v. 1: [8], 169, 300 p.; v. 2: 1394, [2] p. (the last 2 p. blank); v. 3: [8], 309 [i.e 307], [121] p.; v. 4: [4], 444, 56; v. 5: [8], 268 p.; v. 6: [8], 339, [121] p. (the last 2 p. blank) Title page printed in red and black Engraved papal coats of arms on title pages; initials Includes bibliographical references and index
Item information about Folger 175- 531f
In early reinforced vellum; manuscript spine titles; paper label shelfmarks on spine (Biblioteca Minori Cappuccini Foligno); edges sprinkled red and blue. Manuscript dedication in red ink repeated on t.p. verso and colophon of each volume: "Vt in hoc Coenobio Terrae Gualdi Cappuccinorum Diui Gregorii haec opera vsibus illius Religiosorum continuo sint nec alijs extra eum locum vnquam communicentur Io. Baptista Spinola sponte sua ac pietate donu[m] dedit."
Also known as
Extended title: Sancti Gregorii Magni Papae Primi Opera : Sixti V. Pont. Max. iussu, diligentisime emendata, atq[ue] aucta, et in tomos sex distributa : quas vero in singulis continentur tomis, in eiusque eorum initio explicantur
Alternate titles: Opera
Related names
subject: Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604
printmaker: Greuter, Mathieu, 1564?-1638
printer: Typographia Apostolica Vaticana