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A religious text on the important practices of Pope Benedict XIV, the fifth Latin edition. The fifth Latin edition, this edition being enlarged and refined.Collated, bound without the frontispiece, but all other pages are present.Register runs as: a-b4, c2, A-Pp4, Qq6.Book three of this religious work on the ecclesiastical institutions of Pope Benedict XIV.Pope Benedict was born as Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, a significant religious figure who was Pope from 1740 to 1758.Benedict is considered to be one of the best scholars to be at the head of the Catholic Church, an important figure during the Renaissance promoting scientific learning, the study of the human form, and the Baroque arts. In the original half vellum binding, with the marbled paper to the boards removed, with only one small patch of the marbled paper remaining to the head of the front board. Externally, sound. Vellum is lifting to the joints. Light marks to the boards. Vellum is a little discoloured, as is usual, with some marks. Chip to the rear joint. Minor bumping to the extremities. Front hinge is weak, rear hinge is strained. Paper to the rear paste down is detaching. Loss of paper to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with some spots. Good Only. Seller Inventory # 863P7
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