1591 ICONOGRAPHY 300 woodcuts LIFE of CHRIST & SAINTS antique in ITALIAN folio

[ICONOGRAPHY]

VILLEGAS, Alonso (1534-1615).


Nuovo leggendario della vita, e fatti di N. S. Giesu Christo, e di tutti i Santi.

(New Legendary of the life and deeds of our Lord Jesus Christ and of all Saints)

Venice: Guerra; 1591 

Title within woodcut border, over 300 woodcuts in the text, printer's device to colophon, typographic ornaments (stains, marginal tears, small losses to final leaves).


Bound in original limp vellum (worn, wrinkled).

Small folio. Size: 9 by 12 inches

 Text in Italian
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Based on the reformed Roman Breviary and enriched with lives of other religious figures not included in the official calendar, originally compiled in Spanish under the title 'FLOS SANCTORUM" by Alfonso de Villegas of Toledo (1533-1603), Spanish theologian and preacher.
This edition translated into Italian by D. Timoteo da Bagno, a Camaldolese monk
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