Description: , Cum omnibus, quae pro Psalmis, Hymnis, Antiphonis, tam beatae Mariae virginis, [..]. Editio omnium optima, [..]. Venetiis[=Venice], Sumptibus Pauli Balleonii[=Paolo Baglioni], 1712, 446[=444] pp. With engraved title-vignette by ISABELLA PICCINI (1644-1734) after A. Zanchi & num. musical scores with Gregorian chant-notation. Large folio (ca. 48 x 33 cm.), 18th-cent. blindst. panelled burgundy morocco over wooden boards, both covers with 2 leather clasps ending in 2 brass catches & 4 large brass cornerpieces (each with a brass boss touching the corners of the inner blindst. panel), ribbed spine. ? Rare edition (only 5 copies in WorldCat) of a beautiful printed Psalter (with Latin text & Gregorian chant printed in red & black) bound in an impressive 18th-cent. book-binding. “The Latin Psalters are the translations of the Book of Psalms into the Latin language. They are the premier liturgical resource used in the Liturgy of the Hours of the Latin Rites of the Roman Catholic Church. These translations are typically placed in a separate volume or a section of the breviary called the psalter, in which the psalms are arranged to be prayed at the canonical hours of the day” (cited from Wikipedia). ? Erratic pagination between pp. 144-147 (pp. 145-146 apparently missing, but text is complete). With defects (spine-ends sl. dam./ chipped, both paste-downs & free end-papers renewed, waterstained throughout in lower part, lower blank margin of pp. 275-296 partly damaged (with loss of several letters & musical notes) and/or strengthened with paper).