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Ordo baptizandi : secundum Ritum Romane Ecclesie ad vsum ciuitatis Mantue

Ruffinelli, Venturino, d. 1558, printer, Paganino, Andrea, Veronensis, fl. 1600, former owner, Guariero, Giuseppe, amanuensis, former owner · 1588 · Mantue : apud Venturinum Ruffinellum · 5 pictures

A 1588 liturgical book printed in Mantua by Venturino Ruffinelli for use in the city's Catholic churches, following the Roman rite for baptism. The pictures show red initial letters and a printer's emblem, with a figure in a circular frame inside a scrolled border, giving designers examples of decorative capitals and early printers' marks.

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