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In the colophon Venezia De, Gregoris, 1516. In 2 °. Frontispiece with epigraphic title and decreasing line effect, woodcut depicting the Pontiff in the chair surrounded by monks and disciples, another woodcut at the opening of the second book with the Pope surrounded by prelates in the act of celebrating Mass, the third - at the opening of the III and last book - always depicting the Pontiff in the Sistine Chapel on the Gestatory Chair, while receiving the homage of illustrious characters, spaces for initials with guide letters, cursive font, coeval binding in brown calfskin, triple dry frame on the plates, in the second phytomorphic border, in the center a floral rose window surrounded by six rosettes, back with three nerves, inscribed title of the work on the lower plate on a glued circular cartouche (delicate restorations to the caps and corners). Handwritten ownership note on the title page and dated 1555.