Bona, Joannis S. R. E. Cardinalis [Roman Catholicism]

DE SACRIFICIO MISSAE: Tractatus Asceticus

Despilly, 1747. Leather. Devotional / Ascetical treatise on the Mass by the Italian Cistercian, Cardinal Giovanni Bona (1609-1674). xiii, 184pp. 24mo in 'cat's paw' mottled calf with 4 raised bands, ornate floral stamped spine panels and burgundy morroco spine label, red edges, marbled endpapers, bookseller's ticket to front pastedown and flyleaf verso -- Guimar, Libraire in Nantes. Just a trifle rubbed at the extremities, leather splitting at the ends of both joints but hinges very strong, light and shallow tidemark to top edge; a very clean and attractive copy. NEAR FINE. Item #511396

Price: $175.00