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Iconologia della Madre di Dio Maria Vergine

Naples, Onofrio Savio, 1654

engraved additional architectural title,

woodcut arms to letterpress title,

additional gathering of 4ff. bound between a4 and b1 (browned), not recorded in other copies of this edition,

single full-page engraved illustration,

ink inscription to rear endpaper, c3 & c4 with closed tears repaired , browning to some pages, otherwise some light scattered spotting, lacking front endpapers, titlepiece with some wear and damages to the margin

Original vellum with manuscript title to spine, toning and soiling

Size 6 by 8"

Text in Latin

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An uncommon work dedicated to the iconology of the Virgin of Montevergine, known as the 'Black Madonna', and often as 'Mamma Schiavona' [Mamma Slave].
Held originally by legend to have been painted by Saint Luke, the icon dwelled in Constantinople before being gifted in the 1300s to the Sanctuary at Monte Vergine near Naples, by Catherine II of Valois, the recognized Latin Empress of Constantinople.
Rare in commerce.

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