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3 volumes in 1. [20], 500; 404; 408, [66] index pp. Text in Greek and Latin. With woodcut publisher's devices on title pages plus floriated initials. 35.5x21.5 cm (14x8½"), contemporary pigskin, tooled in blind, spine titled in handwritten ink. Early Edition. An early printing (first complete edition published in 1605, preceded by a partial printing in 1602) of this sometimes controversial, and oft-reprinted treatise on the sacrament of marriage, morality, and sexual sin. Ex-libris ink stamps of Bernard's Seminary Library, Rochester NY on front pastedown and foot of title page. Ink ownership marks on title page and throughout.