Ecclesiae militantis triumphi, siue, Deo amabilium martyrum gloriosa pro Christi fide certamina : prout opera RR. patrum Societatis Iesu Collegij Germanici et Hungarici moderato[rum], impensa S.D.N. Gregorij PP. XIII in ecclesia S. Stephani Rotundi, Romae, Nicolai Circiniani pictoris manu uisuntur depicta / ad excitandam pio[rum] deuotionem a Joanne Bapta. de Cauallerijs, aeneis typis accurate expressa, anno D[omi]ni M.D.LXXXV.
Accession number:
PML 4085.1
Published:
Romae : Ex officina Bartholomaei Grassi, [1585]
Description:
32 prints : etching, engraving ; 33 x 22 cm
Notes:
Plate mark: 22 x 15 cm
Previously issued 1583; cf. BM STC Italian, 1465-1600, p. 185. "The second state of [the t.p.], with the 'III' in the date changed to 'V,' privilege note added and Grassi's imprint added at the foot"--Mortimer.
Title page (title within architectural border) and 31 engraved reproductions of the frescoes of Circignani (called Il Pomarancio) in S. Stefano Rotondo, Rome; latter numbered in plate 1-31, with engraved captions and legends.
For 1st state of engraved t.p., cf. Johnson, A.F. A catalogue of Italian engraved title-pages in the sixteenth century. 1936. no. 3.
Binding:
1/2 brown morocco.
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