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BINDING -- Uffizio della B.Vergine Maria. Rome: Fratelli Pagliarini, 1755.
5 parts in one volume, 8° (205 x 135mm). Titles with engraved vignettes, three also printed in red and black. 16 engraved plates by Pomarede, Morghen and others. CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO GILT FROM THE VATICAN BINDERY, the covers with large central aureole enclosing a profile head of the Virgin (on the upper cover) and the emblem of the Passion (on the lower), surrounded by wide rococo border with cornerpieces, the spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in one, the others decorated in gilt, floral endpapers, g.e.
A FINE MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BINDING BY THE VATICAN BINDERY, IN VERY FINE CONDITION.
5 parts in one volume, 8° (205 x 135mm). Titles with engraved vignettes, three also printed in red and black. 16 engraved plates by Pomarede, Morghen and others. CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO GILT FROM THE VATICAN BINDERY, the covers with large central aureole enclosing a profile head of the Virgin (on the upper cover) and the emblem of the Passion (on the lower), surrounded by wide rococo border with cornerpieces, the spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in one, the others decorated in gilt, floral endpapers, g.e.
A FINE MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BINDING BY THE VATICAN BINDERY, IN VERY FINE CONDITION.