Oct 17, 2017 - Sale 2457

Sale 2457 - Lot 142

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(FRANCISCANS.) Catalano da Santo Mauro, Niccolò. Fiume del Terrestre Paradiso . . . Tratatto Difensivo . . . ove si ragguaglia il Mondo nella Verità dell'Antica Forma d'Habito de' Frati Minori istituita da S. Francesco. Numerous engraved illustrations. [42], 592 pages, including engraved additional title. 4to, 240x163 mm, old reversed sheep, spine defective, covers stained and wormed, front cover detached; intermittent marginal dampstaining, small wormholes through first and last few leaves, rust stain through several leaves in middle of volume, lower outer corner off 2S1 and 3E3, wormhole through gathering 2T slightly affecting image on page 333, repaired clean tear in 3A4, Franciscan ownership inscriptions on title. Florence: Amadore Massi, 1652

Additional Details

first edition of an iconography of Franciscan garb with illustrations after paintings by Giotto and other early Italian masters.