Estimate € 200 - 300
Sold € 180
Auction: 20 September 2022 at 10:00
[CHIESA CATTOLICA] - Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis Pii V. Pont. Max. iussu editum. Anti: Officina Plantin presso Jacopo Moretus, 1609. A good copy of this classic Catholic liturgy text elegantly printed in red and black by Plantin with numerous engraved illustrations. 4to (211 x 160mm). Title in red and black with engraved vignette, numerous engraved illustrations including some full page, woodcut initials, text printed in red and black (few occasional browned leaves). 18th-19th-century mottled calf elaborately decorated in gilt on covers, spine and edges, marbled endpapers (extremities lightly rubbed, a touched restored). Provenance: Biblioteca Banzi (bookplate) - Camillo Grandini (bookplate).
Estimate € 200 - 300