Lot 182 of 230:
Scaramelli's handbook of mystical theology, 1773  

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Title:
Il direttorio mistico indirizzato a' direttori di quelle anime che Iddio conduce per la via della contemplazione...

Author:
Scaramelli, Giovanni Battista

Place:
In Napoli

Publisher:
Nella stamperia di Vincenzo Manfredi

Date:
1773

Description:

2 volumes in 1. xvi, 390; [2], 99 pp. Title page printed in red & black, with woodcut printer's device. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author by F. de Grado. (4to) 23.5x17.5 cm (9¼x6¾"), period vellum, inked spine title. 

A key work by the Italian Jesuit ascetical writer Giovanni Battista Scaramelli (1687-1752), being a handbook of mystical theology. Old owner's inscription to title page dated 1781. 


Lot Amendments

Condition:
Piece missing from spine near head; offset to title page, light foxing within; very good.


 
Item number:
298444a
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