28th Jan, 2020 10:00

Books & Works on Paper

 
  Lot 29
 
Lot 29 - Milio (Agostino) Nuovo dialogo delle devozioni...

Milio (Agostino) Nuovo dialogo delle devozioni del sacro monte della Verna, FIRST and ONLY EDITION, woodcut illustration of Saint Francis receiving the stigmata on title-page, full-page woodcut of the sanctuary of Monte della Verna on verso of title-page, historiated initials, a little staining, some spotting, ex libris of Giannalisa Feltrinelli, limp vellum, ink title to spine, slightly stained, 4to, Stamperia Ducale (Lorenzo Torrentino and Carlo Pettinari), Florence, 1568. *** Scarce work on the Monte della Verna, located in the Casentino near Arezzo, where Saint Francis received the stigmata in 1224. Friar Milio tells episodes of Francis’ life and lists all the guardians of the sanctuary, of which he was the fiftieth. He also includes several pages of information about his own family.

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