MANZOLLI (Pietro Angelo). The Zodiac of Human Life, or Prece - Lot 167

MANZOLLI (Pietro Angelo). The Zodiac of Human Life, or Precepts for Guiding the Conduct and Morals of Men. London, Le Prévost & Company, 1733. 2 volumes in one in-12 volume, fawn calfskin, decorated spine, red title label, red edges (contemporary binding). New, corrected, and expanded edition, in Lamonnerie’s translation. It is illustrated with two fold-out charts (the alphabet and a table showing the flow of the elements...). The author, an Italian poet known by the anagram Marcel Palingène, was accused of witchcraft after his death: on the orders of the Inquisition, his body was exhumed and burned. In his *Zodiac*, he had the courage to address the dissolute lives of the monks of his time and the arrogant pretensions of the Pope (Dorbon). (Caillet, no. 7097; Dorbon, no. 2930.) Handwritten bookplate on a flyleaf: Alfred Pereire. Tear without loss in the second fold-out plate. A slit at one joint extending the height of one panel; slight scuffing on the binding; spine worn.

Estimate:£250.39

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