Binding: paper boards; ink title on spine; shelf label at bottom of spine; ink signature and three faded ownership stamps on title page

Treatise on the Antichrist by the Carmelite Alessio Porri, native of Mantua and member of the Accademia degli Innominati.Porri presents, in dialogue form, a series of 12 responses to 12 common questions about the Antichrist, concerning such topics as his name, physical nature, and time of appearance

Engraved title page leaf and twelve engraved plates are included in pagination and signatures

Signatures: [a]⁴ b-c⁴ A-O⁴

Final page blank

Engraved illustrated title page (included in pagination); title within an architectural frame, including coats of arms of dedicatee Cardinal Lorenzo Priuli above, and another coat of arms below

Twelve engraved allegorical illustrations, with Latin captions and Italian text, attributed to Girolamo Porro

Woodcut head- and tail-pieces; decorative initials; letterpress text within type ornament borders

Text in roman type, with some highlights in italic type; printed on strong paper

Preliminaries include dedicatory prefaces addressed to Cardinal Lorenzo Priuli (1538-1600), signed by Girolamo Porro, and Francesco Trivisani, signed by Alessio Porri, as well as sonnets and epigrams

BM STC Italian, 1465-1600

Adams

Brunet

EDIT 16

[136] pages : 21 cm (4to)

Treatise on the Antichrist by the Carmelite Alessio Porri, native of Mantua and member of the Accademia degli Innominati

Unpaginated

Signatures: a-c⁴ A-O⁴

Engravings: engraved title page; title within an architectural frame, including coats of arms of dedicatee Cardinal Lorenzo Priuli above, and another coat of arms below, unidentified; twelve engraved allegorical illustrations, with Latin captions, attributed to Girolamo Porro

Woodcuts: head- and tail-pieces; white historiated initials; pages of letterpress text within type ornament borders

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