Caeremoniale Episcoporum Clementis VIII. Primum Nunc Denuo Innocentii Papae X Auctoritate Recognitum

Clement, Pope; Catholic Church

Rome: Typis Rev. Camerae Apostolicae, 1651

Quarto, 26.5 x 20 cm.  Bound in polished calf.  Good binding and cover. One of the bottom corners bumped. All edges dyed red. Collated: [16], 408 pages.  Additional engraved title. Pages clean and unmarked. 65 text engravings. Letterpress music. Musical notation on stave of 4 red lines (pp. 148-156, 403-407).  Includes the following sections:  De orationibus, seu collectis, diversis earum tonis. (Cap. 27).  De organo, organista, et musicis, seu cantoribus, norma per eos servanda in divinis. (Cap. 28).  De tono confessionis ricitandae per diaconum. 

Finely illustrated edition of the Episcopal Ceremonial, first published in 1600 at the direction of Pope Clement VIII, and re-issued in 1651 by Innocent X.  

Vinciana IV, 4827.  Brunet I, page 1450.