QUARESMIO Francisco O.F.M. [QUARESMIUS Franciscus] (& Cyprianus de Tarvisio O.F.M., ed.)
Reference : R119437
(1880)
Venetiis [Venice], typis Antonellianis 1880-1881 Complete in 2 volumes, xxviii,[4],761 + 893,[1] pp., with a few illustrations in text + 6 folding plates out of text (depicting: 1: Map of the Holy Land, 2: Bird's eye view of Jerusalem, 3: A view of part of Jerusalem, 4: A silver plate said to cover the hole in which the cross of Christ was placed, 5: Ground plan of the church of the Holy Sepulchre, 6: Ground plan of the church of St. Mary in Bethlehem), 38x27cm., text in Latin, text printed in two columns, 2nd edition, 20th cy. hardcover bindings in grey half-cloth (marbled boards, gilt title on spine, vague trace of removed label atlower end of spine), ex-libris stamp on title page, some occasional light foxing, good condition, weight: 7.4 kg., [This is a re-edition of the original Antwerp 1639-edition written between 1616 and 1626 by the Italian Orientalist Francesco Quaresmio (1583-1650), who spent several years in Jerusalem and other places in the East], R119437