GALLONIO, ANTONIO. 1556-1605.

Trattato de gli Instrumenti di Martirio, e delle Varie Maniere di Martoriare usate da' Gentili contro Christiani, Descritte et Intagliate in Rame. Rome: Presso Ascanio and Girolamo Donangeli, 1591.

Trattato de gli Instrumenti di Martirio, e delle Varie Maniere di Martoriare usate da' Gentili contro Christiani, Descritte et Intagliate in Rame. Rome: Presso Ascanio and Girolamo Donangeli, 1591.
4to (240 x 170 mm). Title printed in red and black, 47 full-page engraved illustrations by Antonio Tempesta after Giovanni Guerra, head-pieces, initials and ornaments. Later velvet with blue and gold printed brocade paper endpapers.

FIRST EDITION, in Italian, of this graphic work on the Roman torture and execution of Christian martyrs. Bound in velvet with amazing endpapers. Brocade paper is one of the rarest and most valuable types of decorated paper. Brunet II:1468; Graesse III:19.