Lot N. 121
Tommaso Maria Mamachi
De' costumi de' primitivi cristiani libri tre Tomo II
composti da F. Tommaso Maria Mamachi dell'Ordine de' Predicatori teologo casanatense, Roma, Presso gli eredi di Gio: Lorenzo Barbiellini stampatori e mercanti di libri a Pasquino, 1753, tomo II, 19, 340 p., 35 plate. Title page in red and black, figured initials and engraved headpieces, woodcut endpieces. Full parchment binding with gilt title on the spine, edges sprayed in red. Foxing.
Second volume of the first edition of the work on early Christian history, complete with all 35 plates that realistically and impressively depict the tortures inflicted on the early Christians