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 41 leaves : 272 x 200 (248 x 158) mm. bound to 286 x 209 mm Paper, i (modern paper) + 41 + i (modern paper); [i], 1-40; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto. Signature A 37 on preliminary blank folio. Written in a cursive script by a single hand.

20th-century cloth. Moderate to heavy oxidation of ink with damage to paper, especially last two folios of the text.

Written in Italy after 1605, the year of the election of Pope Paul V.

after 1605 Italy Popes--Election--Early works to 1800 Cardinals Codices Treatises Manuscripts, Italian--17th century Manuscripts, European