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Vaticini - Gioacchino da Fiore

Propheties of Abbot Gioachino, 1646

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€ 300 - 600

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€ 640

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Venice, Cristoforo Tomasini, 1646. In 4th. Typographic mark on the title page, woodcut headers and initials, 34 large allegorical woodcuts of vaticines in the text, mostly full page, woodworm holes at the white margins, humidity halos on the final cards, coeval binding in brown calfskin, gold friezes and titles on the spine, red cuts, woodworm spots and holes.

Specialist Notes

Rare illustrated edition of 'Vaticinia', a collection of cryptic predictions concerning the Papacy traditionally ascribed to the mystical theologian of the twelfth century Joachim of Fior

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