Lot n° 99
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BINDING. - Memorie della vita del glorioso patriarca San Giu - Lot 99
BINDING. - Memorie della vita del glorioso patriarca San Giuseppe, sposo di Maria Vergine. Gorizia, Giuseppe Tommasini, 1772. In-8, frontispiece, (4) ff. n. ch., 92 pp. in fawn morocco, with wide gilt decoration framed by black painted listels, palms and flowering stems in the corners, large central star motif alternating fawn and black (Italian binding of the period), two-part marbled basane contemporary slipcase lined with stenciled paper.
Rare anonymous work dedicated to Saint Joseph, illustrated with a fine etched frontispiece by F. Reiner, depicting Saint Joseph carrying the infant Jesus in his arms.
It was printed in Gorizia, by the city's first printer: Giuseppe Tommasini was active there from 1756 until the early 19th century (circa 1802).
Sumptuous two-tone binding, present-day.
From the C. L. (with bookplate, Binoche et Giquello, April 7, 2020, no. 84).
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