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Delle homelie di M. Lodovico Pittorio da Ferrara. Parte prima [– seconda]. Nella quale si espongono tutti gl’Euangeli, & Epistole, che si leggono nel tempo della Quaresima … Nuovamente ridotta in miglior lingua … per il R. P. Francesco da Trevigi, Carmelitano. Turin, Francesco Lorenzini, 1581 (colophon: 1582).

Two parts in one vol., 4to, ff. [4], 119, [3], 123–254, [1], [1, blank]; text in two columns, second part with own title-page, woodcut printer’s devices, full-page woodcut of the Crucifixion facing f. 1r, numerous small woodcuts throughout depicting scenes from the life of Christ and the Evangelists (numerous repeats), woodcut initials and headpieces; small ink stains to f. 135v, some damp-staining especially at the end, occasional very small marginal worm tracks, some creasing to corners; overall a good copy in contemporary limp vellum, title in manuscript at head of spine; repairs to head and foot of spine, covers cockled and marked; small pen trials in ink to title.

£800

Approximately:
US $1,067  €936

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Very rare edition of a popular and much reprinted collection of sermons for Lent, feast days, and Sundays by the Ferrarese humanist Luigi Bigi, known as Pittorio (1454–1525), illustrated with over a hundred small woodcuts depicting the Evangelists and scenes from the life of Christ.

The editor was Francesco Turchi (c. 1515–1599), humanist and Carmelite of Treviso.

No copies traced in the US and only one in the UK (Bodleian).

EDIT 16 CNCE 35706; USTC 849096.