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Plantin Press] - GAMBARA, Laurentius - Rerum sacrarum liber. Cum argumentis Iacobi Pacti Siculi Mamertini. Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1577, 4to, cont. goldtooled limp overl. vellum (ties gone), covers with gilt central oval ornament within frame of double fillets with corner pcs, decorated spine with handwritten title, a.e.g. with ornamental design, 194-[2] pp. Very nice cont. binding.
Collection of Latin poems on religious feasts and saints’ days, each dedicated to a prominent Italian personality, by the Italian humanist L. Gambara (1496-1586), a protégé of cardinal Farnese. Ill. with a nice title engr. by Bernardinus Passarus Ro[manus] with typographic title and 54 very fine engrs after Passaro. Collector’s stamps. Ref. BT 1226. Voet (Plantin Press) 1235. Pettegree NB 12848. Adams G-186. Oberlé 119. Sorgeloos 233.