Minelli (Deodato): Solenne Processione Vaticana del Corpus Domini Diretta da uno de Cerimonieri di sua Santita Gregorio XVI, Rome, [n.d.], oblong folio, hand-coloured engraved title and explanatory leaf, folding hand-coloured engraved panorama on 33 sheets, heightened in gilt, 290 x 13800mm. overall, mounted on cloth (occasional light spotting and soiling), contemporary red morocco, elaborate ruled and tooled gilt borders with floral corner-pieces enclosing centrally placed papal arms of Gregory XVI, with black and white painted onlays (slightly rubbed, rebacked and recornered), later cloth slipcase.

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Minelli (Deodato): Solenne Processione Vaticana del Corpus Domini Diretta da uno de Cerimonieri di sua Santita Gregorio XVI, Rome, [n.d.], oblong folio, hand-coloured engraved title and explanatory leaf, folding hand-coloured engraved panorama on 33 sheets, heightened in gilt, 290 x 13800mm. overall, mounted on cloth (occasional light spotting and soiling), contemporary red morocco, elaborate ruled and tooled gilt borders with floral corner-pieces enclosing centrally placed papal arms of Gregory XVI, with black and white painted onlays (slightly rubbed, rebacked and recornered), later cloth slipcase.

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