[Rarebooks] FS: 1st ed. of Saint Borromeo's "Pastorum Instructiones..." Antwerp: Christophori Plantini. 1586

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Borromeo, Carlo, Saint. PASTORUM INSTRUCTIONES, ad Concionandum, Confessionisque & Eucharistiae, Sacramenta Ministrandum Utilissimae... Antwerp: Ex officina Christophori Plantini. 1586. First ed. Sm. 8vo. 375,(1)pp. Woodcut printer's device on title page. Copper engraved portrait of the author (trimmed at blank bottom margin, probably to remove a previous owner's name). Cont. vellum, soiled. Ownership signature on a preliminary blank, dated 1823.    $850.00 (trade discount allowed)
Borromeo (1538-1585) was the founder of the Ambrosian Library and also the Cardinal and Archbishop of Milan. This popular work went through 4 editions by 1624. Adams B2519.

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