Opera D. Leonis Magni, Romani Pontificis, eius nominis primi, per Canonicos Regulares sancti Martini oppidi & Universitatis Lovaniensis [..] emendata […] [and] Epistolae decretales ac familiares […].

Leuven, J. Masius for H. Wellaeus, 1575

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8vo: [16]-432-[47-1 bl.], 471 [= 371]-[10-3 bl.] pp.

Contemp. blind-stamped calf over wood, bevelled edges, covers with roll-stamps and head-in-medallion portraits, spine with 3 raised bands, metal catches (rubbed and loosening, spine dam., clasps gone, final quire loose). Apart from the binding, a good copy.

Collected writings of Pope Leo I (400-461), edited by the Windesheim Augustinian Canons of St.-Maartensdal (Leuven). Woodcut mark on titles.
Ref. BT 1869.
Prov. Contemp. Benedictine ms. entries, i.a. "Cellerarius Abbatiae Tuitiensis" (Köln-Deutz) and "Monasterij Sancti Trudonis" (Sint-Truiden).