Hardcover
1548 · Cologne
by Pope Leo I.
Cologne: Melchioris Nouesiani, 1548. Hardcover. Vellum backed marbled boards. 4" x 6". Unpaginated. Book in very good condition. Title in ink on spine. Boards somewhat shelfworn. Engraved chapter initials. Library stamp on front free endpaper and title page. Piece cut off top of front free endpaper. Stain on title page and through several following pages. 25 pages show a worm trail. Scattered period underlining. Otherwise, book is clean and tight and in very good condition. All text Latin. Rare edition of a Latin-language history text concerning Pope Leo I. Pope Saint Leo I (d. 461), also known as Saint Leo the Great, was pope from 29 September 440 to (truncated)