Lot n° 1350

BONUCCI, Anton Maria, S.J. Vita della B. Michelina da Pesaro del Terz’Ordine di San Francesco (...) dedicata all’ illustrissima Signora Giulia Albani negli Abati Olivieri. 1708 G. Placho, 8vo, richly goldtooled red morocco (sm. def. to corners),...

Estimation : 300 / 500
Adjudication : 750 €
Description
covers with elaborately gilt dentelle borders and large papal arms, gilt spine on 4 raised bands, a.e.g., [16]-287-[1] pp. (some ff. age-toned and spotted, blank endpapers renewed). Good copy.
Nice binding in the style of those made by the Andreoli brothers for the Chigi family. Large arms of Clement XI (Pope 1700-1721) on covers. 1st ed. of this biography by the Italian Jesuit Bonucci (1651-1728). Engr. ills : arms on title, 2 folding pl. by Anton Birckart. Armorial stamp on title. Ref. DBS I c. 1766-1767 nr. 17. BnF. Not in BL. Cp. J. Ruysschaert, Les frères Andreoli relieurs des Chigi (Vatican 1992). We join : Ruysschaert, J. - Les frères Andreoli relieurs des Chigi. Cité du Vatican, 1992, 4to, orig. covers, 36 pp. (2 vol.)
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