Lot 113 , Vittore, Falaschi - La Gerarchia Ecclesiastica, 1st edition, qto, half morocco gilt, extra illustrated with 88

Vittore, Falaschi - La Gerarchia Ecclesiastica, 1st edition, qto, half morocco gilt, extra illustrated with 88 (normally 75) hand-coloured plates of the eccliastical hierarchy and pontifical family and branches by F. Ferrari, including frontis portrait, (before dedication), of Cardinal Gian Francesco Falzacappa, and others of Pope Leo XII, Cardinals, Bishops, Patriarchs, the Guirdia Nobili, the Swiss guard, the Papal Court, etc., the text in Italian and French, in two columns, further illustrated with 59 bound in coloured lithographs of peasant folk, fishermen, itinerants, pedlars, etc., one in watercolour, Antonio Cortesi, Macerata, 1828
Estimate £500-800


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Sold for £500