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GALLONIO, Antonio. Trattato de gli instrumenti di martirio e delle varie maniere di martoriare usate da'gentili contro christani. Rome: A. & G. Donangeli, 1591.
4° (238 x 160mm). Title printed in red and black, 46 full-page engraved illustrations after Antonio Tempesta depicting various forms of martyrdom. 18th-century Italian mottled vellum, gilt fleuron in compartments of spine, dentelle and leafy border round sides (slightly rubbed).
FIRST EDITION of this gruesome book describing and depicting every form of Christian martyrdom for the most part during the persecutions of Decius, Valerian and Diocletian, although there is a passing reference to Elizabeth I. Olschki Choix IV, 4595; Brunet II, 1468.
4° (238 x 160mm). Title printed in red and black, 46 full-page engraved illustrations after Antonio Tempesta depicting various forms of martyrdom. 18th-century Italian mottled vellum, gilt fleuron in compartments of spine, dentelle and leafy border round sides (slightly rubbed).
FIRST EDITION of this gruesome book describing and depicting every form of Christian martyrdom for the most part during the persecutions of Decius, Valerian and Diocletian, although there is a passing reference to Elizabeth I. Olschki Choix IV, 4595; Brunet II, 1468.