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BINDING] SAVERIO MATTEI The Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary according to the Vulgate, with Latin glosses, an Italian paraphrase, and a liturgical dissertation by Saverio Mattei. Siena, Pazzini Carli, 1777; (6)-xlviii-345 pp.-(3) pp., illustrated with a frontispiece, an engraved title page, and 8 engraved plates; bilingual text in Italian and Latin [continued] The Office of the Dead according to the Vulgate, with Latin glosses, Italian paraphrase, and a dissertation on Purgatory and the Book of Job by Saverio Mattei. Siena, Pazzini Carli, 1781, title page–lxviii–243 pp., illustrated with a macabre engraved title page and 2 engraved plates; bilingual text in Latin and Italian. The work is bound in 1 in-8 volume in a full red morocco leather binding of the period (Italian-style binding) with rich gilt decoration on the covers, a smooth, ornamented spine, chiseled edges, and half-endpapers of pink-and-white checkered dominoté paper. Small black spots in the margins of the front cover; otherwise a fine copy.