Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Raccolta delle vite de’ Santi, che si dispensano per Avvocati, e Protettori in ciascun mese dell’anno a’ Fratelli dell’Oratorio di S. Filippo Neri. 2 vols.

With wood-cut illus. at the beginning of the index in vol. II. 540 pp.; 530 pp. 16mo. Contemp. full vellum over four raised bands. – Venezia, Andrea Poletti, 1704.

„Quarta impressione“. The lives of the Saints throughout the year, published by and for the members of the Oratorians, a spiritual congregation founded in 1575 by Filippo Neri in Rome. The woodcut shows virgin Mary with Jesus in her arms standing in a crescent moon. – Clean copy. – Best.-Nr. 27159