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mei/02149915 Inc. 35
[02149915]
Ravenna, Istituzione Biblioteca Classense (IT)
: Inc. 35
ISTC Nr.ib00644000
TitelBiblia [Italian] (Tr: Niccolò Malermi). Add: Aristeas: Ad Philocratem de lxx interpretibus (Tr: Bartolomeo Pontio). Leggenda di San Joseph
ErscheinungsvermerkVenice : Giovanni Ragazzo, for Lucantonio Giunta, 15 Oct. 1490