Dottrina Cristiana Composta dall?Emo, e Rmo Cardinale Roberto Bemmarnio. Tradotta prima dalla lingua Italiana nell'Araba, ed ora per Ordine della Sag. Congr. di Propaganda Fide tradotta, e stampata anche in lingua Etiopica.
Roma: Nella Stamperia della Sag. Congr. di Propaganda Fide, 1786. Hardcover. 4to. [2], 3-97p, [1] pp. Includes 4 woodcuts on 3 plates, 1 full-page woodcut on the title page verso.Work includes the original Italian text with Ethiopic and Arabic in parallel translations, the latter by Vitorius Scialac and Gabriel Sionita. From the Library of Carelton Potter Small with bookplates on the inside front board as well as his signature on the title page and inside front and rear blank. Contemporary calf with dark grey end papers. Rebacked with title lettered in blind on the new spine. Blind stamped décor along the border and the initials CMS stamped in blind at the center of the boards. Edges worn. Slight soiling to the title page, otherwise internally clean. De Baecker 7 p88, Sacy 1274. Very Good / Very Good. Item #7537
4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.
Price: $950.00