Title: Thesaurus Sacrorum Rituum Author: Gavanti, Bartolommeo and Gaetano Maria Merati Place: Venetiis [Venice] Publisher: Ex Typographia Balleoniana Date: 1762 Description: 3 volumes bound in 2. xx, 450; 462; 156 pp. Title page of volume 1 in red and black. (Folio) 39x24 cm (15x9"), period vellum, brown paper spine labels lettered in gilt. Bartolommeo Gavanto was an Italian Barnabite priest and liturgist. Thesaurus Sacrorum Rituum is his major work, in which he traces the historical origin of the sacred rites themselves, treats of their mystical significance, gives rules as to the observance and obligation of the rubrics, and adds decrees and brief explanations bearing on the subject-matter of the work. This scarce set from the library of the Mount St. Alphonsus seminary in Esopus, N.Y. Lot Amendments Condition: Wear, soiling, and some staining to bindings, rubbing to extremities, chips to spine labels; endpapers with small closed tears and library stamps, a few leaves in vol. 1 a bit loose, slight darkening to textblock and scattered light foxing; very good. Item number: 280757
Title: Thesaurus Sacrorum Rituum Author: Gavanti, Bartolommeo and Gaetano Maria Merati Place: Venetiis [Venice] Publisher: Ex Typographia Balleoniana Date: 1762 Description: 3 volumes bound in 2. xx, 450; 462; 156 pp. Title page of volume 1 in red and black. (Folio) 39x24 cm (15x9"), period vellum, brown paper spine labels lettered in gilt. Bartolommeo Gavanto was an Italian Barnabite priest and liturgist. Thesaurus Sacrorum Rituum is his major work, in which he traces the historical origin of the sacred rites themselves, treats of their mystical significance, gives rules as to the observance and obligation of the rubrics, and adds decrees and brief explanations bearing on the subject-matter of the work. This scarce set from the library of the Mount St. Alphonsus seminary in Esopus, N.Y. Lot Amendments Condition: Wear, soiling, and some staining to bindings, rubbing to extremities, chips to spine labels; endpapers with small closed tears and library stamps, a few leaves in vol. 1 a bit loose, slight darkening to textblock and scattered light foxing; very good. Item number: 280757
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