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Johannes Baptista Gratia Dei - Johannes Baptista Gratia Dei - De refutatione hebraicae sectae, 1490. Paper manuscript of 262 leaves, numbering at top right, partially trimmed or faded, 191 x 140 mm., written by a single hand and datable to the late 15th century, manuscript with 21 lines, blind ruling, red initials and rubrics, damp stains on the last leaves, binding in half parchment and spotted cardboard from the 18th century, red and yellow spray edges. EXTRAORDINARY PRESS COPY OF THE EDITION PRINTED IN ROME BY SILBER, 14 May 1500, bearing inked fingerprints and composer's marks.