Velvet and Silver
LOMBARDI, Giovanni Francesco.
Oratio habita in synodo Tridentina die sancti Stephani protomartyris anno M. D. LXI. Brescia, Lodovico Sabbio, [1561?].
4to, pp. [11], [1 (blank)]; woodcut arms of Pius IV (nude supporters censored in ink) and typographic ornament to title, large woodcut initial; a few very slight stains, small excision to upper outer corner; recased in early red velvet richly embroidered in silver threads with large central arms to each board and a foliate border; silver tarnished, minor losses, repairs to edges and spine; twentieth-century gilt red morocco book label of Josy Mazodier to front pastedown.
Added to your basket:
Oratio habita in synodo Tridentina die sancti Stephani protomartyris anno M. D. LXI.
First edition of this sermon delivered at the Council of Trent, in a magnificent Italian embroidered binding for a Cardinal.
The sermon, delivered on St Stephen’s day in 1561, proved popular: it was reprinted in Lombardi’s native Naples in 1562, and again in Brescia in 1563.
EDIT16 CNCE 30087; USTC 838535.