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Sicilia - Mongitore, Antonino
The public act of faith solemnly celebrated in the city of Palermo, 1724
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Palermo, Regia Stamperia d’Agostino and Antonino Epiro, 1724. In 2nd. Coat of arms of the Holy Office on the title page, large initials, headbands and end caps in woodcut, complete with 4 precious copper plates folded several times, of which two detached, G2 and G3 partially detached, reinforcements at G2 and at the tables, defects, binding original in parchment, partially detached spine, defects and stains. Handwritten notes to the guard cards. § Together in the lot & nbsp; Olmo, Jose del. & Nbsp; Relacion historica del auto general de fe que se celebro en Madrid en el ãno de 1680 , Madrid, Cano, 1820. In 4th. With 1 folded panel, several restorations and reinforcements, light blooms, some stains in particular on the title page, coeval half-parchment binding with handwritten title on the spine.
Specialist Notes
Rare original edition of this work, masterfully illustrated by Francesco Ciche, dedicated to Charles VI. The text evokes a chapter in the history of the Sicilian Inquisition, and precisely the autodafè of the two heretics Sister Geltrude and Fra Romualdo, which was the occasion of a lavish public celebration. The large panels, from the depiction of the trial in front of the Cathedral with the Archbishop's Palace in the background, to the solemn procession from the Palazzo del Sant'Uffizio, to the procession on horseback to the stake in the Navy, represent a fundamental iconographic documentation for Palermo architecture. Mira II, p. 93; Moncada 1485; Palau 176195; Platneriana 250; Lozzi 3313.