MABILLON, Jean (1632-1707). Tractatus de studiis monasticis ... Latinè versus a P. D. Josepho Porta Astensi . Venice: Andrea Poleti, 1705. 4° (190 x 136mm). Engraved frontispiece after Sister Isabella (a little light spotting). Contemporary vellum (head and foot of spine worn, broken). Provenance : Gaetano Dattilo, 1760 (monastic ownership inscription on title and a4 r). First Latin edition of Mabillon's defence of monastic learning, first published in French in 1691. The work ends with a long catalogue of the best books (and the best editions) which should be included in an ecclesiastical library.
MABILLON, Jean (1632-1707). Tractatus de studiis monasticis ... Latinè versus a P. D. Josepho Porta Astensi . Venice: Andrea Poleti, 1705. 4° (190 x 136mm). Engraved frontispiece after Sister Isabella (a little light spotting). Contemporary vellum (head and foot of spine worn, broken). Provenance : Gaetano Dattilo, 1760 (monastic ownership inscription on title and a4 r). First Latin edition of Mabillon's defence of monastic learning, first published in French in 1691. The work ends with a long catalogue of the best books (and the best editions) which should be included in an ecclesiastical library.
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