PETRA, DE TRANSFERENDIS ALFONSI DE ARAGONIA CINERARIBUS, NAPLES, 1668, PAPAL BINDING FOR CLEMENT X, ABBEY COPY

4to (222 x 159mm.), contemporary Roman or Neapolitan red morocco elaborately gilt with the arms of Clement X, flat spine gilt, two green cloth ties, gilt edges, later slipcase, lacking engraved frontispiece, binding slightly rubbed, spine faded

Clement X (pope, 1670-1676), arms on binding; HH.c.24, old shelfmark on inside lower cover; John Roland Abbey, armorial bookplate dated 1933, sale, Sotheby's, 21 June 1967, lot 2208

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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The binding is plausibly from the Andreoli workshop, though the tools do not match up exactly with those in Legatura romana barocca. Legature papali records a Neapolitan binding made for Clement X, which seems to contain the same papal tiara stamp.