XVIIème
Bernardino PASSERI and Aliprando CAPRIOLI (Italian school of the 16th century)
Vita et miracula Sanctiss.mi Patris Benedicti : ex libro ii dialogorum Beati Gregorii Papae et monachi collecta, et ad instantiam devotorum monachorum congregationis eiusdem S.ti Benedicti hispaniarum aeneis typis accuratissime delineata.
(Life of Saint Benedict)
Incomplete suite of 46 copper engravings, printed on laid paper.
The proofs have been cut at the framing line and remounted on a sheet of laid paper. The captions have been copied in pen and ink under each image.
Format folio
Folio H. 41 cm L. 27 cm
Fading and marginal spotting
Full vellum binding with some defects
