P. Giacomo Bacci - Vita di S. Filippo Neri, fondatorre della congregazionedell'Oratorio - 1745

Rare and valuable! P. Giacomo Bacci - Vita di S. Filippo Neri, fondatorre della congregazione dell'Oratorio - Roma, appresso il Bernabo, e Lazzarini, 1745 - [10] -398-[50] -173-[7] pp. - 20 x 26. 5 cm. Condition: stiff ivory-coloured vellum binding, smooth spine, speckled edges (period binding) . Portrait and 46 out of text plates engraved after Lucas Ciamberlano, Jacques Stella and Pietro Leone Ghezzi, or unsigned. They depict the life and miracles of Saint Philip Neri, founder of the Oratorian order. Condition: good. Some soiling in the margins, an otherwise nice copy. Rubbed binding. The last blank page is partially detached. The book exudes history. “L. B” bookplate with the motto "Mei et Amicorum".