Important Manuscripts, Continental Books and Music
Important Manuscripts, Continental Books and Music
Books from the Library of the Earls of Haddington, lots 105-131
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December 3, 04:27 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Books from the Library of the Earls of Haddington, lots 105-131
ARCICONFRATERNITA DELLE SACRE STIMMATE DI S. FRANCESCO
Rituale della venerabile Archiconfraternita delle sagre stimmate del Padre S. Francesco di Roma. Rome: Bernabò, 1711
FIRST EDITION, 4to (220 x 153mm.), woodcut device, capitals and ornaments, contemporary red morocco elaborately gilt with arms of Cardinal Colonna, including small cannon and flag tools, spine gilt in compartments, red-gilt pastedowns, gilt edges, occasional light browning, foot of spine chipped
The flourishes surrounding the armorial on the binding are the same as those on a book printed in Rome in 1695, illustrated in Legatura romana barocca 1565-1700, plate 78, not assigned to a particular workshop.
PROVENANCE:
Cardinal Carlo Colonna (1665-1739), arms on binding; Libraria Colonna, red stamp on title-page and at end; extract from an English sale catalogue pasted to front flyleaf
Cardinal Colonna is best known for his patronage of Handel.