Engraved t. p. with ornamental border included in plate count

At head of title: Sancti per fidem vicervnt regna

Cavalieri has engraved reproductions of Circignano's frecoes in the church of St. Thomas of Canterbury of the English College in Rome

Mortimer, R. Italian 16th cent.

Adams

Cicognara

Library's copy has 4 numbered leaves of plates from: Descriptiones qvaedam illivs inhvmanae et mvltiplicis persecvtionis, quam in Anglia propter fidem sustinent Catholicè Christiani. [Romae, Apud Franciscum Zannettum, 1584] [2] p. & 4, [1] leaves of plates. This title taken from the 2 p. of letterpress (Cf. Yale, NUC) whereas some bibliographies use the caption title from the unnumbered leaf of plates: Crvdelitas in Catholicis mactadis / Ioa. Baptista de Cauallerijs incidebat. Romae, Anno Domini 1584. Adams reports: "ff. [10], of which all except the first are engraved on one side only." Each of the 4 plates here has a caption title and engraved descriptive text

Library's copy with the artists': Ecclesiae militantis triumphi. (SPECIAL 92-B9870)

36 p., 4 leaves of plates : 31 cm

36 pages, 4 leaves of plates : 34 cm

Engraved title page with ornamental border included in plate count

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