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Brescia - Manente, Andrea

The petrified perfidy of the impious monarch Adrian despised, and won by the inuitta tolerance in so many tragic and prodigious triumphs of the most glorious champions siblings masters of Brescia saints Faustino, and Giovita, saints Calocero, and Afra, 1673

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€ 150 - 250

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€ 435

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25x17.6 cm
Brescia, Gio. Battista Gromi, 1673. In 4th. Intaglio vignette on the title page with the motto "Fidelis Brixia Fidei et Iustitiae", allegorical frontispiece engraved in copper, with 17 plates engraved in copper outside the text mostly drawn by Antonio Minotti and engraved by Jacopo Ruffoni and a  signed by I. Ruphon, very slight water gora in the lower margin of the first issues , small spot on the white margin of 3L1, coeval parchment binding, sprayed edges, some small spots and slight defects. Ownership signature on title page.

Specialist Notes

Elegant work with text framed by a typographic frame with tables representing the events of the patron saints of the city of Brescia: Faustinus and Jovita, Calocero and Afra