GERVAIS, J.n Ant.e ( Jean-Antoine )Livre Rare Book
DE SS. MARTYRUM CRUCIATIBUS Liber. Quo instrumenta & modi quibus ijdem martyres olim torquebantur simul perspicue descripta & tabulis aeneis accuratissime expressa sunt.
1668V70198Antwerp: Andreae Frisi 1668. Hardcover. Good. Copperplates 45 numbered of cruel tortures including the engraved pictorial titlepage by Antonio Tempesta large copperplate printer's device of man consulting books in a library optimi Consultores Mortui. Duodecimo contemporary calf blind rules with corner floral ornaments spine with gilt label top cover nearly detached tips worn chipped to head/foot of spine All edges red sprinkled. Engraved Titlepage of the stoning of a martyr Titlepage 19pp dedication & preface 1p blank 576pp 47pp index 1p blank A-Cc12. Page 456 with small adhesion obscuring 2 or 3 letters and initial. Inscription E.lib R.S. on blank back of engraved Title. Endpapers bit browned else a clean tight neat copy needing repair to front hinge. All copperplates are present shewing gruesomely detailed plates of all the possible torture methods being administered to the martyrs which also are in crisp V.G. condition.The early editionshad fewer plates from 25 with later additions Andreae Frisi hardcover
Abbey Antiquarian Books · Royaume-Uni666,00 £GB≈ 760,44 €
