BREVIARIUM ROMANUM, VENICE, 1756, 3 VOLUMES, CONTEMPORARY CALF ELABORATELY GILT

3 volumes, 8vo (179 x 103mm.), printed in red and black, engraved vignettes on title-pages, contemporary Italian (probably Neapolitan) calf elaborately gilt, some sections with silver paint (now oxidised to black), spines gilt in compartments, gilt and gauffered edges, printed paper pastedowns, bindings slightly rubbed, a few small wormholes in spines; sold as bindings not subject to return

Sale, Sotheby's, 22 November 1954, lot 76

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

For a similar Neapolitan binding, see Davis Gift 380, with a very similar outer border. Bologna, Legature illustrates a mid eighteenth-century Roman binding with what appears to be an identical outer border (p. 145), as well as a Neapolitan binding with the same structure to the inner panels of the covers (p. 147). This set should originally have contained a fourth volume for winter. Two of the volumes contain additional printed sections about Neapolitan saints bound at the end.