Roberto Card. Bellarmino - De Aeterna Felicitate Sanctorum Libri Quinque - 1626

Author: Cardinal Roberto Bellarmino (Saint Robert Bellarmine, S.J.) Full title: De Æterna Felicitate Sanctorum Libri Quinque. Ad Illustrissimum & Reverendissimum D. Cardinalem Farnesium. Place of publication: Lugduni (Lyon). Publisher / Printer: Sumptibus Iacobi Cardon & Petri Cavellat. Year of publication: M. DC. XXVI. (1626). Pagination: 14 + 351 + 54 in the complete book. Binding: Full rigid parchment binding of the period with amaranth leather inlays on the spine and gold tooling. Language: Latin. Frontispiece: Printed with a silographic printer’s mark depicting a lily surrounded by floral details. Initials and ornaments: Richly decorated inside with historiated initials and woodcut headpieces. Iconographic and textual apparatus: Presence of marginal biblical text in italics, analytical index, and the ecclesiastical license of the Bishop of Antwerp. Binding: Splendid full parchment stiff binding with refined red/granata on the spine and gold-pressed titles and floral motifs. Binding: In excellent state of preservation, solid and free of cracked hinges or missing parts. Interior: Pages well preserved, full and sound. Light and natural signs of age (typical foxing of period paper and slight creases or humidity shadows on the margins of some final leaves, which do not impair readability). The work, divided into five books, is dedicated to Cardinal Odoardo Farnese and represents one of the most appreciated trattati on asceticism and theological meditation from the 17th century, focusing on the nature of the saints’ eternal happiness. The packaging will be carried out with professionalism using the most suitable materials available to prevent any damage during transport. Happy bidding to everyone from Magazzino 77

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