PASSERI et CAPRIOLI: Vita et Miracula Sanctissimi Patris Ben - Lot 43

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PASSERI et CAPRIOLI: Vita et Miracula Sanctissimi Patris Ben - Lot 43
PASSERI et CAPRIOLI: Vita et Miracula Sanctissimi Patris Benedicti ex libro in dialogarum Beati Gregori Papae et monachi collecta...Rome, 1596. In-folio in period vellum (small defects of use, light wetness and some tears, hinge of the title reinforced by a strip of paper, some plates repaired in the margins) Beautiful suite of plates drawn by Bernard Passeri and engraved by Aliprando Caprido. In this copy contemporary manuscript legends have been added on a strip of paper mounted under the plates. It includes a title-frontispiece and 49 large plates with religious characters. The frontispiece presents the title in a cartouche surrounded by 14 beautiful compartments depicting various church dignitaries in prayer. The plates illustrate the life of St. Benedict with, for each of them, a wealth of detail in the decorations and characters depicted. They are captioned with a short text in Latin compiled by Thomam Thriterum with the Spanish translation by Francis Cabrera. Additional captions are handwritten under the plates of this copy.
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