Epistole et Evangelii che si leggono tutto l'anno alle messe, secondo l'uso della Sata Romana Chiesa, & ordine del Messale riformato. Tradotti in lingua toscana dal molto R.P.M. Remigio Fiorentino dell'ordine dei predicatori. Con le annotazioni morali del medesimo a ciascuna Epistola & Evangelo, da lui nuovamente ampliate. Aggiuntovi quattro discorsi, cioè del digiuno, dell'invocazione dei Santi, dell'uso delle immagini e della venerazione delle reliquie. Col Calendario & Tavola dei giorni che si leggono le Epistole & gli Evangeli, alcuni sermoni sopra l'orazione del digiuno, & elemosina. Con tavole sessanta quattro intagliate in rame..

Venezia: Nicolo Misserini, 1614. Later printing. Hardcover. fair. Quarto. [24], 496, 44pp. Original leather spine over decorative paper covered boards. Title-page in red and black lettering within allegorical frame. Decorative initials and head- and tailpieces. Fascinating work compiling all the epistles and gospels to be read throughout the year during Church services. This book is profusely illustrated with 12 woodcut vignettes and 63 out of 64 copper engravings by Francesco Valegio (frontispiece missing). Some age wear on binding with head of spine partly chipped. Corners and edges heavily rubbed. Previous owner's bookplate on inside of front board (Hebrew Union College). Front hinge starting. Title-page partly detached, age-toned and chipped along edges. Abrasions along gutter of very first pages due to removal of pre-existing tape. Very first pages age-toned and foxed. Minor and sporadic age-toning and/or foxing throughout. Text in Italian. Binding in overall fair, interior in fair (first 30 pages) to good+ condition. Nannini Remigio Fiorentino: ( ca 1521- 1581 ). Dominican friar, author of secular and religious works, including Poesie in lode della Madonna , editor , and translator . His translations include the biblical Epistole. Francesco Valegio, born 1560 in Venice, was a painter and engraver active in Venice at the beginning of the 17th century. (Inventory #: 26200)