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GALLONIO, Antonio. De Sanctorum Martyrum Cruciatibus; et aliis ejusdem argumenti libellis. Paris, 1660. 4o. Engraved title (dated 1659) and 44 detailed full-page engravings by Antonio Tempesta from the designs of Giovanni de Guerra of Modena (painter to Pope Sixtus V), of the infinite variety of tortures endured by the early martyrs. The tortures are classified and divided into categories, in an almost text- book fashion. Contemporary speckled calf (rebacked, rubbed). Brunet II:1468