Historia de Vitis Pontificum Romanorum
by Platina Bartolomeo
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- Seller
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Coloniae Vbiorum (Cologne): Cholini, 1600. Later Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Very Good Condition. Contemporary full pigskin, soiled and stained but sound. A few private library marks, old names crossed out on title, signatures to front blank, modest browning to text block with scattered minor wear and worming to margins, mispgination neatly corrected;generally quite clean overall with in text portraits throughout. (8), 532, (16), 83pp, blanks intact.
Platina's history of the popes, first printed in 1479. He was also the author of the first printed cookbook, a collection of recipes from Martino di Como (1475). His description of events in the Vitis Pontificum around the 1456 appearance of Halley's comet during the reign of Pope Callixtus III gave rise to the persistent tale that the comet was excommunicated. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Religion & Theology. Inventory No: 046554.
Platina's history of the popes, first printed in 1479. He was also the author of the first printed cookbook, a collection of recipes from Martino di Como (1475). His description of events in the Vitis Pontificum around the 1456 appearance of Halley's comet during the reign of Pope Callixtus III gave rise to the persistent tale that the comet was excommunicated. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Religion & Theology. Inventory No: 046554.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 046554
- Title
- Historia de Vitis Pontificum Romanorum
- Author
- Platina Bartolomeo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Vellum)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cholini
- Place of Publication
- Coloniae Vbiorum (Cologne)
- Date Published
- 1600
- Keywords
- History; Religion & Theology. NOISBN
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Pazzo Books
Biblio member since 2003
Roslindale, Massachusetts
About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
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