Lot 70: PASSERI, Bernardino (1540-1596). Vita et miracula sanctissimi patris Benedicti . Rome: 1579. 2° (327 x 238mm). All-engraved work with 50 numbered plates, including title, by Aliprando Caprioli after Passeri (plate size 296 x 202mm to 305 x

PASSERI, Bernardino (1540-1596). Vita et miracula sanctissimi patris Benedicti. Rome: 1579. 2° (327 x 238mm). All-engraved work with 50 numbered plates, including title, by Aliprando Caprioli after Passeri (plate size 296 x 202mm to 305 x 204mm). (All plates cut down and mounted, title soiled and rubbed, wormtrack causing loss at edge of plates 2-9, very light worming to most other plates, occasional rubbing.) 19th-century roan-backed boards (scuffed, corners worn).

FIRST EDITION OF THIS RARE ALL-ENGRAVED WORK. Passeri's plates show scenes from the life of St. Benedict, and incorporate an explanatory text referring to chapters in St. Gregory's life of St. Benedict. EDIT 9270 (9 copies); Brunet IV, 418; Cicognara 2138; Mortimer/Harvard Italian 362.