PANTHEON SUCULUM BY FRANCESCO CARRERA 1679 RARE SICILIAN HISTORY

PANTHEON SUCULUM BY FRANCESCO CARRERA 1679 RARE SICILIAN HISTORY

£750.00

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[CARRERA, Francesco]. Pantheon Siculum. Sive, Sanctorum Siculorum elogia. Auctore Francisco Carrera Siculo, Siclensi, e Societate Iesu. Genvae: ex officina Marci Antonii Ferri, 1679.

First edition; leather-bound; hardcover; quarto (21cm x 14.5cm x 3cm); pp. [20], 368, [12]; signatures: a4 b6 A-2Z4 3A6; Latin text; bound in later vellum over marbled boards; smooth spine with morocco lettering-piece; top edge tinted red; decorative capitals; head- and tail-pieces; read index. Condition: GOOD to VERY GOOD. Binding secure with the covers well-preserved. Contents complete and largely fresh and clean with just a few intermittent fox spots. Some old biblioteca stamps throughout and a partially removed bookplate to front pastedown. Scarce.

Notes: Rare first edition of Francesco Carrera's Sicilian history.