- 137
[Cornaro, Flaminio]
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
- Creta sacra. Venice: J.B. Pasquali, 1755
- paper
First edition, 2 volumes bound in one, 4to (225 x 162mm.), half-title, 2 engraved plates, engraved vignettes and head- and tail-pieces, contemporary vellum, bookplate of Stephanos Carathéodory, [Blackmer 405; not in Atabey], somewhat spotted, ink erasure of a word or two on p.281 and p.287
Catalogue Note
A good copy of a relatively scarce work (since 1990 ABPC records only one copy at auction, albeit offered on a number of occasions).
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.