Paperback
1790 · Venice
by Venini, Ignazio
Venice: Tommaso Bettinelli, 1790. Second Venetian edition. Paperback. Good. 152pp. Quarto [26 cm] in plain wraps. Dampstaining and heavy soiling to wraps; spine reinforced with paper tape which is badly chipped, and irregularly toned from glue; contemporary ink names on front endpaper verso, one scribbled out in pencil, the other in ink; chip to title page at foot, pale dampstain and pencil marginalia to first few pages. Ornaments at beginning and end of chapters, some decorative initials. Text in Italian. Ignazio Venini was a Jesuit known for his stirring addresses from the pulpit. Among the topics treated in this work are "The Circumcision and Name of Jesus" and many studies of saints. (Inventory #: 45898)