(1543). PONTIFICALE ROMANUM. Secundum ritum. Venice, Lucantonio de Giunta, May 1543. 3 parts in 1 vol. in gothic folio of [6]- 259 (out of 261) leaves, granite calf, spine with ornate nerves (19th century binding). The work contains the order of service, with music, for the sacraments administered exclusively by popes or bishops. The first part covers the ordination, consecration and blessing of persons such as deacons, abbots and abbesses. The second deals with the consecration and blessing of goods, including religious buildings, altars, liturgical objects such as bells, chalices and crosses, and the blessing of holy oil. Finally, the last part contains the rules governing the ceremonies of synods and other pontifical events. Remarkably printed in red and black with notated music, adorned with 3 large titles, imposing historiated initials and nearly 160 BEAUTIFUL WOOD ENGRAVINGS from the Venice and Padua schools. Missing 2 leaves (50 and 51). (USTC 820303). Armorial bookplate with motto "Terres atque rotundus".