L'Amor di Maria, ovvero motivi più efficaci all'amor di Maria Santissima Madre di Dio
D. Roberto, eremita camaldolese di Monte Corona, Luigi Perego Salvioni, Roma
Rome, 1802. First Roman edition of a Marian devotional treatise by an anonymous Camaldolese hermit of Monte Corona, following the 1778 Venetian edition. Printed by Luigi Perego Salvioni "con facoltà" (with ecclesiastical license). Period half-leather binding, gilt-decorated spine and title label, boards in block-printed floral paper, red-sprinkled edges, and a woodcut of the Virgin on the title page. Ex-library: two stamps (a seminary in Roviano, near Rome, and a French-language library) plus a manuscript shelf mark. Condition: worn corners and head/tail of spine, small wormholes on the spine, browned paper with a few stains; text block complete, binding solid. A handsome, honest copy with a documented journey from Rome all the way to Quebec.
Starting from 150.00 $ — Acceptable