1786 1ed Vatican Secrets Basilica ROME Illustrated Cancellieri Secretariis 4v
Francesco Cancellieri was an 18th-century Italian librarian who notably worked in some of the most prestigious Italian libraries including the Vatican. He served as a secretary for several Roman diplomats including Cardinal Antonelli. During his tenure as secretary and librarian, he published a compendium of antique knowledge – a 1786 four-volume work entitled ‘De Secretaries’. This book includes an important section devoted to Pope Pius VI’s establishment of the new neoclassical Sacristy in the Vatican Basilica. It also includes 16 folding engravings.
1786 1ed Vatican Secrets Basilica ROME Illustrated Cancellieri Secretariis 4v
Francesco Cancellieri was an 18th-century Italian librarian who notably worked in some of the most prestigious Italian libraries including the Vatican. He served as a secretary for several Roman diplomats including Cardinal Antonelli. During his tenure as secretary and librarian, he published a compendium of antique knowledge – a 1786 four-volume work entitled ‘De Secretaries’. This book includes an important section devoted to Pope Pius VI’s establishment of the new neoclassical Sacristy in the Vatican Basilica. It also includes 16 folding engravings.
Item number: #9047
Price: $1950
CANCELLIERI, Francesco
Francisci Cancellieri De secretaries veteris Basilicae Vaticanae…
Romae: Ex Officina Salvioniana ad Lyceum Sapientiae, 1786. First and only edition.
Details:
- Collation: Complete; 4 volumes
- I – XXII, [2], 1-626
- 1 folding plate
- II – [2], 627-1100
- 1 folding plate
- III – [2], 1101-1616
- 1 full-page plate
- 12 folding plates
- IV – [3], 1618-2132, [2]
- 2 full-page plates
- 3 folding tables
- 4 folding plates
- Language: Latin
- Binding: Leather; tight & secure
- Size: ~11.75in X 8.5in (30cm x 22cm)
- EXTREMELY RARE and desirable with no other example for sale worldwide at present
- I – XXII, [2], 1-626
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9047
Category
Classical Greco-Roman
Authors
CANCELLIERI, Francesco
Printing Date
18th Century
Language
Latin
Binding
Leather
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete