TROMBI (Benedetto). A Critical, Chronological, and Diplomati - Lot 118

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TROMBI (Benedetto). A Critical, Chronological, and Diplomati - Lot 118
TROMBI (Benedetto). A Critical, Chronological, and Diplomatic History of Patriarch St. Bruno and His Carthusian Order. Naples, Vincenzo Ordino, 1773–1779, 10 folio volumes, stiff ivory vellum, gilt title on the spine, edges speckled with red (contemporary Italian binding). A monumental scholarly history of St. Bruno and the Carthusian Order, illustrated with 27 engraved plates. 18 plates depicting the life of St. Bruno, engraved in 1621 by the German engraver Theo Krüger after a work by Giovanni Lanfranco, a pupil of Carracci. Also included are the frontispiece portrait of Marie-Caroline of Naples, a map of the surroundings of the Charterhouse of St. Stefano, a large view of the tomb of St. Bruno, 3 large illustrations of the Carthusian monasteries of Padua, Pavia, and Bosco, a tableau depicting the life of Blessed Peter Petrone, and a tableau in 17 scenes depicting the martyrdoms endured by the Carthusians. A fine copy in a contemporary binding. Ex-libris of Eugène Chaper, a great bibliophile from the Dauphiné region. A small loss of leather on the spines of volumes 8 and 9. A tear on the spine of volume 1.
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