Information
Verona, for Rossi printer, 1646. In 4 ° oblong. Heads, small ends and xylographic initials, 32 intaglio vignettes in the text, hole at c.Q with very slight loss, restorations at the margin of Q4 and the two final leaves, binding in half leather and cardboard from the 18th century.
Specialist Notes
Second edition, corrected, and augmented by two new illustrations. The work is «a refinement of the famous treatise on" Ancient Funerals "by Tommaso Porcacchi (Venice 1574) ... interesting book, containing, among other things, information on the funeral customs of Africa, America, India and different eastern countries. The figures (among which all those of the Porcacchi are reproduced) are drawn and engraved with tasty popular ingenuity ... », Vinciana, Aut. Ital. Del '600, n.4497 and n. 4498; Cicognara 1753; Hiler 702 and Lipperheide 102.
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