Inscriptions from the catafalque, p. 19-30, in Latin, Chaldaic, Italian, Arabic, Portuguese, Turkish, French, Persian, Spanish, Armenian, modern and ancient Greek. Italian and Latin verses by members of the Accademia degli Humoristi, p. 31-114. Pietro della Valle's prose eulogy of his wife, p. 115-149 Engraved coat of arms on t.p.: Della Valle of Rome quartering the "arme o sigillo grande" of the deceased, as reproduced on p. 17 (in Syriac & Arabic). Her full-page engraved port., p. [3]. Folded
...plate depicts the catafalque. Head- and tail-pieces, initials Signatures: A-I K(-K4) Includes errata, p. [150] Binding: 19th-century leather, gilt tooling including brief title on spine. Page edges gilt. Green silk place marker Property stamp in right margin of t.p.: Domus Lugdunensis Soc. Jesu
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