Cornaro, Flaminio.

Estimate

2,500 - 3,000 GBP

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Description

Creta sacra sive de episcopis utriusque ritus Graeci et Latini in insula Cretae. Venice: Giovanni Battista Pasquali, 1755

first edition, 2 volumes in one, 4to (228 x 165mm.), half-title to volume 1 (not called for in volume 2), engraved vignettes on titles, 2 engraved plates, 7 engraved head- or tail-pieces or vignettes, one woodcut vignette, extra-illustrated with a folding engraved map of Crete by Coronelli, contemporary vellum, text occasionally spotted

Provenance

St. Hugh's, Parkminster, stamp on title

Literature

Blackmer 405

Catalogue Note

An account of the Greek Orthodox and Catholic rites in Crete, including lists of the Greek and Latin bishops and the Venetian doges of Crete. The Blackmer copy makes no note of the map and 2 plates (at pp.447 and 448, volume 2) but the latter must be integral as they bear the relevant page number.