18th Century Italian Vellum-Bound Ecclesiastical Volume – Sermoni di S. Lorenzo Giustiniani (Padua, 1750) Antique

18th Century Italian Vellum-Bound Ecclesiastical Volume – Sermoni di S. Lorenzo Giustiniani (Padua, 1750) AntiqueAdditional Description: A highly evocative and historically rich 18th century Italian ecclesiastical volume, bound in original limp vellum and printed in Padua in 1750. This work, Sermoni di S. Lorenzo Giustiniani, presents the sermons of Saint Lorenzo Giustiniani, the first Patriarch of Venice, translated into Italian for devotional and clerical use. The binding is executed in traditional vellum over boards, now beautifully aged to a warm ivory tone

which is typical for vanity accessories of this period

centered with a blank cartouche that was originally intended for a monogram

The square marble plinth base is finished with a brass foot rim

grape scissors

Piazza Santa Croce 15R

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Materials: Embossed leather binding

Likely late 19th to mid-20th century

and literature

The crossguard is executed in pronounced Rococo revival style

bed surround

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