Extra-Illustrated
[OUR LADY OF LORETO.]
Abregé de l’histoire de Notre Dame de Lorette à l’usage de la nation Française. Deiparae domus in qua verbum caro factum est ... Loreto, Federico Sartori, 1787.
12mo, pp. 96; woodcut of Our Lady of Loreto to verso of first leaf, smaller woodcut of Virgin and Child to title; short tear to outer margin of first leaf; some light damp-staining, somewhat dusty; extra-illustrated with three folding copper-engraved plates (Rome, Hubert Vincent, the last dated 1686) showing the north, south, and eastern sides of the Santa Casa; some short marginal tears, a few marks, the third plate with a closed tear and old repairs to verso; bound in nineteenth-century brown pebble-grained cloth.
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Abregé de l’histoire de Notre Dame de Lorette à l’usage de la nation Française. Deiparae domus in qua verbum caro factum est ...
Rare edition of this guidebook for French visitors to the Basilica della Santa Casa in Loreto, this copy extra-illustrated with handsome plates depicting three sides of the Santa Casa, with explanatory text in French and Latin, produced by the French engraver Hubert Vincent, one dated to 1686.
The text describes the history of the Santa Casa; graces and indulgences granted to visitors; excommunications for misbehaviour (for entering the House bearing arms; for stealing part of the fabric, etc.); gifts offered by various French kings, queens, and nobles; notable visitors from 1295 to 1778; and its principal monuments. Prayers, litanies, devotional acts, hymns, and canticles employed in the Basilica are also supplied.
Federico Sartori issued earlier editions, according to OCLC, in 1763, 1772, and 1778.
Only one copy of this edition recorded on OCLC (Yale).