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Laude spirituale : nella quale si contengono le parti principali, della dottrina christiana. Parte prima.

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Originally issued in 1673 as a printer's sheet (33 x 44 cm), designed to be cut in half; each half, when folded, would form a 24 page duodecimo booklet. Apparently the booklet, a Jesuit catechism in verse, was never issued. The present specimen was recently bound in brown calf, which exemplifi...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Jesuits
Other Authors: Zavatta, Bartolomeo, active 1651-1690 (Printer)
Format: Book
Language:Italian
Published: In Torino : Per Bartolomeo Zapatta, 1673.
Subjects:
Bookbinding > Specimens.
Leather bindings (Bookbinding) > Specimens.
Catholic Church > Doctrines > Poetry > Early works to 1800.
Laude.
Theology > Early works to 1800 > Poetry.
Wood engravings.
Calf bindings (Binding) > Italy > Turin > 17th century.
Duodecimo format (Printing) > Italy > Turin > 17th century.
Catechisms > Italy > Turin > 17th century.
Devotional literature > Italy > Turin > 17th century.
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Summary:Originally issued in 1673 as a printer's sheet (33 x 44 cm), designed to be cut in half; each half, when folded, would form a 24 page duodecimo booklet. Apparently the booklet, a Jesuit catechism in verse, was never issued. The present specimen was recently bound in brown calf, which exemplifies how the booklet would have looked once folded, cut and bound.
Item Description:Woodcut emblem of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) on title page; woodcut Nativity scene on last page.
Physical Description:24 pages : illustrations ; 11 cm (duodecimo)
Place of Publication:Italy -- Turin.