BEATAE MARIAE VIRGINIS OFFICIUM

by Giambattista Engraved Books - Piazzetta, Prayer Book In

$5,000 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages · No longer available

First edition

Venetiis Venice : Giambattista Pasquali, 1740 . 132 x 90 mm. 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 . 20 p.l., 427, 5 pp. FIRST EDITION. FINE CONTEMPORARY VENETIAN RED MOROCCO, GILT, covers with border of repeating botanical tools, raised bands flanked by decorative gilt rolls, green silk pastedowns, all edges gilt and gauffered. HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL PULL-OFF MARBLED CALF CASE, the book and its case

• Binding: Leather

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