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163815548Roma Nella Stamperia della R Camera apostolica 1638 1638. Paperback. Fair. G- no spine or rear board. 690pp <br/> <br/> Roma Nella Stamperia della R Camera apostolica 1638 paperback
163760551637. 2 Blank pages / 1 Title Page / 119 Pages / 3 After blanks Binding: Contemporary Full Vellum Sextodecimo 16mo Height cm: 157 CM Width cm: 108 CM Thickness cm: 14 CM hardcover
16381386199Roma Rome: R. Cam. Apost 1638. Hardcover. Octavo 4 690 1 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in full early vellum with handwritten ink titling to spine and yapped fore edges. Vellum yellowed and lightly stained with age; brown speckling to spine. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown; early ink annotation to title page. Text block with light plus to moderate age toning. TG Consignment. Shelved in Room G. 1386199. Special Collections. R. Cam. Apost hardcover
164810407Genevra 1648. Einband mit Alterungsspuren. Vorsatzbl. Mit Papierverlust. Ansonsten guter Zustand Terza impressione corretta ed aumentata Samuel Chovet 8°. Pbd. Alte Drucke unknown
169885284Frankfurt and Leipzig: Johannis Grosii 1698. Second Edition Corrected. Leather-bound. Good Only. Quarto. IN LATIN. Contemporary Mottled Calf 8 1/2 in. x 7 in. Five raised bands with gilt-decorated compartments. Spine title reads: "Bellini de Urinis". Rubbing to extremities. Worming evidence to boards and hinges. Spotting to endpapers foxing throughout but readable. Red and black title page. 720 pp. including indices. Solidly bound. Preface by Johann Bohn. Francisco Bellini lived from 1643 and 1704 was an Italian physician and anatomist who did pioneering work in nephrology as early as the age of 19 when a paper he published while a student at the University of Pisa "Anatomical Exercise on the Structure and Function of the Kidney" presented for the first time Bellini's findings that "the kidney consists of an immense number of tiny canals". Britannica. He also was an early proponent of the value of urinalysis as a tool to arrive at a sound diagnosis. Bellini later became official court physician to Duke Cosimo III and Pope Clement XI. Johannis Grosii unknown
1601EK-ESP-1601-1644Alcalá de Henares: Con privilegio por Justo Sánchez Crespo 1601. Tela. Good. Alcalá de Henares 1601 con privilegio por Justo Sánchez Crespo. 695 pp. en octavo mayor. Encuadernación posterior en holandesa con lomo de piel cantos marmoleados. Margen algo recortado sin pérdida de texto. Algunos surcos de polilla con leve afectación del texto. Una que otra mancha de humedad en los márgenes 695 pp. Used book in good to very good condition unless otherwise noted. All our books are thoroughly checked for issues such as missing dust jackets markings library stamps and so on. If we notice a book was misdescribed we will always let you know before shipping. We're a brick and mortar store and handle every single book with respect and care. Con privilegio por Justo Sánchez Crespo hardcover
16988586<p><b>1698 1st ed EARLY CHURCH Documents Zaccagni Collectanea Monumentorum Euthalius</b></p><p><i>Lorenzo Zaccagni was a 17th-century Italian scholar who is primarily remembered for his book 'Collectanea Monumentorum Veterum'. In this book which was originally published in Rome in 1698 Zaccagni provides a collection of early church texts that outline early Christian controversies. <b>Notably this first edition of Zaccagni includes the works of Euthalius which had never been published before this work.</b></i></p><p>Item number: #8586</p><p>Price: $550</p><p>ZACCAGNI Lorenzo Alessandro</p><p><b><i>Collectanea monumentorum veterum ecclesiae Græcæ ac Latinæ quæ hactenus in Vaticana Bibliotheca delituerunt: tomus primus: Archelai Episcopi Acta disputationis cum Manete Haeresiarcha latine ex antiqua versione</i></b></p><p>Romae: Typis Sacrae Congreg. de Propag. Fide 1698. First edition.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p>o 6 civ 724 44</p><p>· Language: Latin </p><p>· Binding: Leather; tight & secure</p><p>· Size: ~10in X 7.5in 25.5cm x 19cm</p><p>· Quite rare</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>8586</p><p>Photos available upon request.</p> Sacrae Congreg. de Propag. Fide hardcover
162837573Padua: Ex Typograph Joannis Baptistae De Martinis. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1628. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 16 222 pages; Symbolarum epistolicarum liber in quo nonnulla ex antiquitatis iuris civilis et historiae penu depromuntur & illustrantur multaque auctorum loca emendantur & explicantur. Antique Epistolary Literature Law Woodcut Illustrations Leatherbound. Lorenzo Pignoria was a Paduan antiquary and philologist. Width: 4.5" Height: 6.5". Re-backed. The work is bound in full leather with gilt ruling to the cover and spine and red leather spine label with gilt lettering. The endpapers of this volume are new. The title page of this work features a woodcut vignette. A few other woodcut illustrations appear in the text showing brightly and vividly. A well-preserved folding text plate appears in the center of the volume. The exterior of this volume is mildly worn with rubbing to the edges of the covers. The binding is firm and the armorial bookplate of Bibliotheque Schorsch is present to the front paste-down. Foxing appears on the blank preliminary page growing more sporadic through the interior. The pages are generally bright with scattered marginalia or underlining in ink. Some small sections of pages are toned. Page 201 shows a chip in the bottom edge. One folding plate and 13 woodcuts in the text. . Ex Typograph Joannis Baptistae De Martinis hardcover
166540148DB1665. Amsterdam Andrea Fries 1665. 12°. 132 S. Mit einer gestochenen Titelvignette 9 ganzseitigen Textkupfern und 2 gefalteten Kupfertafeln. Pergament aus der Zeit mit handschriftlichem Rückentitel. Krivatsy 1073. Vgl. Hirsch-H. I 446 Waller 868 und Garrison-M. 1229: «Classical description of the gross anatomy of the kidney». Dritte Ausgabe gegenüber der ersten Auflage von 1662 hier erstmals mit dem «Appendix ad tractatum renibus». Bellini beschrieb als Erster die Beschaffenheit der Nieren Bellinische Röhrchen und stellte eine Theorie zur Urinsekretion auf. Einband leicht fleckig. unknown
1626D17852Venice: Giacomo Sarzina 1626. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 276 pp. 8vo 15.5x10 cm 6x4" old stiff wrappers paper label lettered in an old hand. Parallel text in Spanish and Italian. Very scarce 17th century conversation guide for Spanish visitors to Italy and the reverse. <br/><br/> Giacomo Sarzina hardcover
169137013Firenze: Nella Nuova Stamperia di Gio. Filippo Cecchi 1691. Nella Nuova Stamperia di Gio. Filippo Cecchi unknown
1605031759Venice: Io Anto Rampazettum 1605. Book. Very Good. Vellum-Paper. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paper vellum over boards. In-8 43 pages followed by five leaves of illustrations. Illustrated with engravings line drawings and devices throughout. First edition 1605. Pignoria's Mensa Isiaca is the first notable work of Egyptology. The Mensa Isaca was a bronze table-top discovered in the ruins of the Temple of Isis at Rome in 1527.This first edition of his work essentially an iconographical commentary on the large figures on the table-top appeared in 1605' Blackmer. Water stained on bottom quarter corners of most pages. But print and illustrations very clear. Sewn binding has slight loosening at bottom but is sound. A very good copy of a book this old and hard to find. Io Anto Rampazettum Hardcover
1605035485Venice: Io Anto. Rampazettum 1605. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 43 numbered leaves followed by five leaves of illustration. Rebound in faux wood panel covers with white vellum over spine and corners. Small book plate on front paste down. Very tiny worm hole through lower marginal corner of the last half of the leaves. Scattered mostly light foxing. <br/> <br/> Io Anto. Rampazettum hardcover
167469880Amsterdam: Sumptibus Andrea Frisius 1674. Fine. Sumptibus Andrea Frisius Amsterdam 1674 7.50 x 13.30 cm relié New edition after the first edition of 1613 illustrated with an allegorical title-frontispiece 15 folding plates 18 figures and 8 vignettes in the text. Contemporary marbled and glazed brown full calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with 5 compartmentalized fleurons. Red morocco title label. Joints cracked at head. 2 corners slightly bumped 2 trimmed. One folding plate protruding. Traces of rubbing. Fairly good copy. Important study of slavery and domestic family life in Antiquity. The work contains the duties charges and legal status of slaves and servants in daily life notably gladiators musicians actors tax collectors and artisans. Pignoria's work constitutes an interesting insight into laborious existence within families during Antiquity. A short essay by Doctor Fabricius on food and addressed to Marcus Walser closes the work. This is one of the best ancient treatises on the subject. Sumptibus Andrea Frisius unknown
1657328451657. unknown
167971520Sevilla: Colegio de San Hermenegildo 1679. Holandesa época. Cuarto mayor. Colegio de San Hermenegildo hardcover
167912911Sevilla: Colegio de San Hermenegildo 1679. 299x205mm. 11¾x8". Sevilla Colegio de San Hermenegildo 1679. En folio 299 x 205mm. Texto a dos columnas. 8 197 1 folios. Portada dentro de orla tipográfica. Reencuadernado en pergamino antiguo guardas renovadas. Primera edición. Biografía de Ignacio de Loyola estudio de sus "ejercicios espirituales" e historia de la fundación y primeros años de la Compañía de Jesús. Ligera mancha de agua en el margen inferior de la mitad del volumen. Colegio de San Hermenegildo unknown
161367034Augustae Vindelicorum Augsburg Augsbourg Augsburg: Ad insigne pinus C. Daberholtzer for Marcus Welser 1613. Fine. Ad insigne pinus C. Daberholtzer for Marcus Welser Augustae Vindelicorum Augsburg Augsbourg Augsburg 1613 15.8 x 20.4 cm relié Rare first edition illustrated with 6 full-page figures and 21 vignettes. Printer's device on title page with pine tree. The plates depict musical instruments jewelry kitchen utensils Modern full vellum binding with ties. Smooth unlettered spine. Label on last endpaper: Restored by Serge Valeri Ville-Sous-Anjou 2018. From p. 10 trace of pale dampstain to upper corner of pages and sometimes at bottom these stains fading then reappearing on paper that is overall very fresh. Good copy. Important study of slavery and domestic family life in Antiquity. The work contains the duties charges and legal status of slaves and servants in daily life notably gladiators musicians actors tax collectors and artisans. Pignoria's work constitutes an interesting insight into laborious existence within families during Antiquity. A short essay by Doctor Fabricius on food and addressed to Marcus Walser closes the work. This is one of the best ancient treatises on the subject. Ad insigne pinus[ C. Daberholtzer for Marcus Welser] hardcover
167664886Finaro ma Firenze Nella Stamperia di Gio. Tommaso Rossi 1676. In 12° legatura artigianale novecentesca in piena pelle con cornice ai piatti a doppio largo filetto nervi fregi e titolo al dorso dentelle con fregio. Pagine 16 n.n. con Lettera scritta dall'A. alla Sereniss. Arciduchessa Claudia di Ispruch . Vita dell'A. . Giovanni Cinelli a chi legge. Seguono poi pp. 300 ma 240 per errata numerazione sempre riscontrabile in quest'opera pp. 32 non numerate con la dicitura: Giovanni Cinelli al Cortese Lettore. VERA ED INTEGRA edizione originale contenente queste ultime 32 pagine che portano l'epistola detta e due sonetti di Antonio Malatesta. Queste ultime pagine non numerate e senza indicazione di segnatura caddero sotto la censura furono proibite e quindi tolte dal testo; solo un numero molto limitato le bibliografie parlano di sole 50 copie contengono questo finale. Si veda il Parenti Luoghi di stampa falsi a pag. 86. Il Malmantile risultò una burlesca parodia della Gerusalemme Liberata che in dodici canti in ottava rima racconta la fantastica contesa di Celidora e Bertinella per il reame di Malmantile castello diroccato presso Signa. Gli argomenti di ogni canto furono redatti da A. Malatesti. Rarissime come detto sono le copie rimaste di quest'opera così complete. Si veda oltre al Parenti il Gamba e lo Choix di Olschki dove viene definito "molto raro" Finaro (ma Firenze), Nella Stamperia di Gio. Tommaso Rossi unknown
1669ABC_50527Amsterdam: Andreas Frisius 1669. Contemporary vellum with the gold-stamped coat of arms of Arnhem on both boards faded manuscript title on the spine remnants of green ties. 4to. With an engraved frontispiece with Egyptian and other antiquities a general title page with a small engraved scene 3 divisional title pages the first two with the same larger engraving a small scene similar to that on the general title page but flanked by figures of Minerva/Athena and Mercury/Hermes the frontispiece large engraving and probably the unsigned small engraving by A. Blotelingh. The first work with 11 folding engraved plates with hieroglyphics 1 full-page engraved plate outside of collation 5 full-page engraved plates in the text and 16 smaller engravings in the text. The second work in two parts with 3 full-page engraved plates and several smaller engravings in the text. Further with woodcut decorated initials throughout and several woodcut head- and tailpieces. 2 works published and bound as 1 the second in 3 parts. Including: IDEM. Magnae deum matris idaeae & attidis initia.And: TOMASINUS Jacobus Philippus. Manus aeneae cecropii votum referentis dilucidatio. First issue of the third and best edition of two important works on Egyptian archaeology the first edition with this title and form originally published together written by Lorenzo Pignorius. The first work a famous study of the Egyptian artefact known as the Mensa Isiaca or Bembine Tablet devoted to the Egyptian goddess Isis is the first notable work on Egyptology first published at Venice in 1605 titled Vetustissimae tabulae Aeneae sacris Egyptiorum simulacris . The Mensa Isiaca was a bronze table top discovered in the ruins of the temple of Isis in Rome at around 1525 and now believed to have been executed in Rome in the first century CE. Pignorius studied this very famous artefact when it was in the possession of Cardinal Bembo. Pignorius believed that it depicted the sacrificial ceremonies according to the Egyptian rites. The bronze is now in the collection of the Torino Museum.The text of the second work consists of two parts with two separate title pages on O3r and e1r plus a divisional title without imprint i3r. The first part is an essay on the deity Great Mother of Gods by Pignorius first published in 1623. The second part titled ''Manus Aenae cecropii votum referentis dilucidatio'' by Jacobus Philippus Tomasinus contains a description of a small votive statue of a hand. At the end pp. 63-96 it includes a biography of Lorenzo Pignorius and a description of his museum and library and its contents including ancient coins and portrait busts of classical figures by Tomasini.The boards are somewhat scuffed and browned remnants of ties the gold-stamped centrepiece remains very clear. The sewing supports have broken and the pastedowns have separated from the inside of the boards meaning that the bookblock is only connected to the binding through the headband at the top of the spine. Occasional minor browning a occasionally large tear in the gutter margin of the folding plates the edges of the folding plates are somewhat frayed two folding plates are loose but still present. Leaf with pp. 7-8 in the second work with a large tear slightly affecting the text.l Blackmer 1312; Gay 1567; Ibrahim-Hilmy II 119; STCN 097598674 9 copies; USTC 1806033 same as STCN; cf. STCN 097598186 4 copies 1670 issue; USTC 180743 1670 issue same as STCN. Andreas Frisius, hardcover
168521967Appresso Nicolo Pezzanna Venetia 1685. First Italian Edition. Hardback. Full contemporary vellum-backed boards good. Half inch sq tear with loss to the half-title inch sq cut from the bottom of the title page. Remains an exceptional example overall; scans &c on request. ; 312 pages; Printer's device to the title. Double columned type - minor foxing and worming. Appresso Nicolo Pezzanna, Venetia hardcover
1647IMAGINI1647<p>4to approx. 23 cm later quarter calf over marbled boards gilt-tooled spine rubbed with small losses at head and foot corners worn. 16 ff. text complete with both large folding plates and numerous in-text woodcut illustrations of the pagan gods and related emblems. Title printed in red and black with large woodcut device; early ink ownership inscription "… Ruggero" at head of title.</p><p>Occasional light damp-staining notably to title and a few prelims scattered foxing and minor soiling but text and images generally crisp and well-inked; folds of plates with a few small handling creases and short closed tears no major losses.</p><p>Classic 17th-century Venetian edition of Cartari's influential illustrated handbook of classical mythology and iconography enlarged with Lorenzo Pignoria's antiquarian notes and Cesare Malfatti's allegories. A complete solid working copy with both folding plates present.</p> Presso il Tomasini
16751398897n.p.: n.p c. 1675. Hardcover. Octavo 324 pages. In Good condition. Bound in full contemporary vellum "boards" composed of multiple sheets of 17th-century sheets. Vellum is beginning to separate from composite-sheet boards along fore-edges. Boards have moderate plus staining overall with moderate plus chipping and wear to vellum along edges. Textblock shows moderate age toning and light wear to untrimmed edges with occasional light staining to pages not impacting legibility. Undated ink manuscript in an unidentified 17th-century Italian hand. Shelved Room A.<br> <br> An early handwritten manuscript of Lippi's Il Malmantile Racquistato which appears to predate the second printed edition in 1688 and possibly the first printed edition in 1676. The present manuscript differs from one or both of the 17th-century editions in multiple points please see notes for further analysis of contrast with the published manuscript tradition of the text. Title page includes a dedication to Cardinal Leopoldo de Medici lacking in the first printed edition and attributes the work to Lippi's pseudonym Perlone Zipoli - unlike both 17th-century editions. The title page is followed by the prefatory Disfatto here attributed to the anagrammatic pseudonym Amostante Latoni Antonio Malatesti. The work is then prefaced by an index revealing the "true identities" of all the figures appearing pseudonymously in the work. Contrary to both printed editions each book is here referred to as canto rather than cantare and each stanza is numbered similarly to the 1688 edition and unlike the 1676 edition. Shelved Room A. The mock-heroic epic Malmantile Racquistato was written by Florentine painter Lorenzo Lippi 1606–1665 during the 1640s. Writing under the anagrammatic pseudonym Perlone Zipoli Lippi composed the poem while serving Cardinal Leopoldo de’ Medici and his wife at Innsbruck. Il Malmantile is often read as a parodic response to contemporary literary conventions particularly the epic stylings of Tasso’s Gerusalemme Liberata. Yet beyond its burlesque tone the work serves as a celebration of the Tuscan—specifically Florentine—dialect and is still studied today as a rich repository of regional idioms and turns of phrase.<br /> <br> <br> While the core of the poem was composed in Innsbruck between 1643 and 1644 reports from Lippi’s contemporaries many of whom were members of the informal literary academy degli Apatisti suggest that substantial additions and refinements were made after his return to Florence in 1648. Lippi wary of scandal or public backlash resisted calls to publish the poem during his lifetime. Nonetheless it circulated widely among members of the Apatisti the Accademia degli Svogliati and even the Accademia della Crusca. <br /> <br /> <br> <br> It was not published until 1676 eleven years after Lippi’s death in a flawed and limited edition only 50 copies issued by Giovanni Rossi. That edition was viewed by Lippi’s admirers as a distorted presentation of the poem—possibly even an act of literary revenge. A more authoritative version was published in 1688 under the editorial guidance of Paolo Minucci and the posthumous patronage of Leopoldo de’ Medici.<br> <br> <br /> The present manuscript appears to have been produced prior to the 1688 edition but after the completion of the poem before Lippi’s death in 1665. Based on textual evidence it is unlikely to have been copied from either printed edition. Instead it likely reflects a version circulating independently—perhaps within Lippi’s literary circle or among manuscript readers close to the Medici court. Several features underscore the manuscript’s significance as a witness to the early textual transmission of Malmantile Racquistato. Please note that this list is not comprehensive or exhaustive.<br> <br> <br /> <br /> Dedication to Cardinal Leopoldo de’ Medici 1617-1675<br> The manuscript bears a dedication “al Serenissimo Princeps Cardinal Leopoldo de’ Mediciâ€â€”a form appropriate only during Leopoldo’s lifetime.<br /> The 1676 edition includes no dedication.<br /> The 1688 edition dedicates the work “alla gloriosa memoria†of the deceased cardinal.<br /> This places the present manuscript’s source text prior to Leopoldo’s death in 1675 supporting an early dating.<br /> <br /> <br /> Attribution of the “Malmantile Disfatto Enigmaâ€<br> The manuscript attributes the poem’s enigma to Latoni a fictional character in the narrative and anagram of Antonio Maltesti author of the argomentos.  The enigma in the present manuscript follows the 1688 edition’s title: “Malmantile Disfatto Enigma†as opposed to the 1676 edition which title it simply the “Malmantile Disfattoâ€.<br /> Unlike the present manuscript both printed editions attribute the Disfatto to Malatesti friend of Lippi and author of the the argomentos prefacing each canto/cantare.<br /> <br /> <br /> Lexical Variant in the Enigma’s First Line<br /> The manuscript and the 1676 edition share the rare form inospite inhospitable whereas the 1688 edition substitutes the more conventional indomite untamed.<br /> The retention of inospite aligns the manuscript with the earlier textual variants prior to normalization.<br /> <br /> <br /> Dialectal Verb Form: “dalli†vs. “dagliâ€<br /> The manuscript occasionally makes use of the form dalli a dialectal or colloquial variant of dagli.<br /> This reflects non-standard or pre-Cruscan orthography and suggests a version of the poem less filtered by formal editorial revision.<br /> <br /> <br />  “Canto†vs. “Cantareâ€<br> The manuscript titles the poem’s sections as “Cantos†contrasting with the “Cantare†found in both printed editions.<br /> While “Cantare†evokes the popular cantari tradition the manuscript’s use of “Canto†suggests either scribal normalization or an attempt to frame the work more in line with classical epic conventions.<br /> <br /> <br /> Book Seven Stanza 73<br /> The present manuscript lacks the seventy-third stanza of the seventh canto/cantare which appears in both the 1676 and 1688 editions.<br /> <br /> <br /> Various Textual Differences including:<br /> The Argomento of the eighth canto/cantare: Lines 2-5 of the present manuscript have elements that appear to be either hybrids of the two printed editions or are unique to the manuscript.<br /> Line 2 matches the second edition of 1688<br /> Line 3 matches the first edition of 1676<br /> Line 4 is a unique rendering more closely aligned with the 1676 edition<br /> Line 5 matches the first edition of 1676<br /> <br /> <br /> Book 7 Stanza 104 105 of the printed editions has in distinction to both print editions burlando for brillando.<br /> <br /> <br /> . 1398897. Special Collections. [n.p] hardcover
1681000434Barcelona Spain: Joseph Forcada. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1681. Original Vellum. AN EXCEEDING RARE SPIRITUAL TREATISE VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN IN SUCH AN EARLY SPANISH EDITION AND THE BOOK USED AS AN EARLY CONVERSION MANUAL IN THE NEW WORLD. Printed 1681 in Fine Original Vellum with gilt! COMBATTING OF THE DEVIL! The Book: Scupoli Lorenzo 1530-1610; Juan de Castaniza d. 1598 COMBATE ESPIRITUAL ESCRITO POR EL VENERALE SCUPOLIU. Barcelona Joseph Forcada 1681 64mo. Fine contemporary limp vellum with gilt blindstamping usual woodcut illustrated title of the devil firing an arrow into the breastplate of a Christian soldier. 452 pgs and tabla complete. A precious Spanish edition of this classic treatise on evangelical perfection through spiritual exercises including several chapters in partcular to the promotion of Christian faith and the combatting of the devil as evidenced particularly in the title and frontispiece illustration. This manual was among the often used in the New World for conversion of the native from their "vices and the snares of the devil." There are no traces of the first Spanish edition. The present volume is among the earliest surviving Spanish copies all of which are extremely rare and the next readily traceable one being from 1722. Scupoli Lorenzo 1530-1610; Juan de Castaniza d. 159. Combate espiritual o Tratado de la perfeccion Christiana. Traduxolo en la lengua Espanola de la Italiana y de la Latina; y lo consagra a la Emperatriz y Reina nuestra Senora Don Damian Gonzalez del Cueto doctor en ambos derechos. Vienna Johann Baptist Schilgen 1722. A precious illustrated Spanish edition of this classic treatise on evangelical perfection through spiritual exercises Combattimento spirituale The spiritual combat with engravings by Martin Engelbrecht. This work is commonly attributed to Juan de Castaniza who is here identified in the preface. Castaniza a Benedictine monk of Ona active in Italy was known for his chronicles of the life of P. Rivadeneyra and St. Romuald. The work was written by the Italian father Lorenzo Scupoli however and translated shortly after its appearance by Castaniza into Spanish. Combate espiritual in this pocket-sized and compact duodecimo format is a handbook of devotional exercises presented in sixty-six chapters modeled after Loyola's famous text. It aims at perfecting the soul through prayer meditation and examination of the conscience. It is thus a guide for the conquest of the spirit over unruly passions the senses and conscious acts offering a method for self-regulation leading to virtue and salvation. Indeed it prescribes the imitation of Christ's life through empathic contemplation on the Passion assisted by the text and images. The stirring devotional image of the Crucifixion engraved by Engelbrecht 1684-1756 depicts the cross as the fountain of life "apud me est fons vitae"; Christ's blood pours into the cups of his disciples who stand at his feet. The engraving is appropriate for the work a visual experience provoking empathy for Christ through inward meditation and complete sensitization through reflection on the image. The frontispiece also by Engelbrecht depicts Christ as the exemplar of complete virtue. An unsigned engraving of St. Francis de Sales 1567-1622 accompanies a short elegy by this great ascetic bishop of Geneva who endorsed in his spiritual teachings the mortification of the senses will and mind for the sake of perfection. The more simple depiction of St. Francis de Sales is likely produced by a different engraver as Engelbrecht's compositions are here characterized by fully-modeled figures and atmospheric effects through the use of fine linework. Engelbrecht was the brother of Christian Engelbrecht 1672-1735. These well-known printsellers and engravers were dominant figures in Augsburg at this time and are remembered for their portrait studies and their landscape religious and allegorical illustrations. Martin is also noted for his engravings used in perspective boxes or peepshows. Scupoli's work makes its first appearance in the Italian in Venice in 1589. By the mid- seventeenth century this very popular devotional work was frequently republished in German and Latin. There are no traces of the first Spanish edition which must have appeared shortly after the Italian edition. This present illustrated edition a late Spanish translation of this important work reproduces the text as it originally appeared in Castaniza's translation. All Spanish translations of this text remain very rare. This popular meditative manual produced in this small format for a large and pious public instructively suggests the ways in which its readers responded to the text and images. It is an early publication from the press of Schilgen printer to the university of Vienna. A nice copy of this very important and scarce devotional work in Spanish. Duodecimo: 12 26 A-R12 R1112 blank; xxxvi 396 12 pp. Engraved frontispiece and full-page engraving signed Martin Engelbrecht full-page engraved portrait of St. Francis de Sales signed I.A.P. woodcut historiated initial typographic and woodcut head- and tailpieces. Occasional text browning. Contemporary sprinkled calf backstrip divided into five compartments with naturalistic tool at center and corners in blind remains of morocco label title stamped in blind raised bands outer edges hatched in blind contemporary combed marbled endpapers all edges gilt worn at extremities. Very good. Not in OCLC or RLIN; not in German or Spanish union catalogues including Gesamtkatalog GBV and the Osterreicher Bibliothekverbund. For Engelbrecht see NDB 4.512; Thieme-Becker 10.534; F. Schott Der Augsburger Kupferstechner und Kunstverlager Martin Engelbrecht und sein Nachfolger Walluf 1972.; Spanish; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; OCCULT NECROMANCY SORCERY EXORCISM SATANISM ASTROLOGY DIVINATION RELIGION MAGIC SATAN DEVIL WORSHIP PENTACLE WICCA WICCAN . Joseph Forcada hardcover
