Novus Thesaurus Veterum Inscriptionum in Praecipuis Earumdem Collectionibus Hactenus Praetermissarum. 4 Volume Set

Folio. 544pp; 690pp; 584pp; 571pp. 4 volumes. illustrations, folded plates, folded facsimiles, 40 cm. Bound in contemporary full leather. 7 raised bands. Armorial gilt embossed seal on each front board. Page ends washed red. Good bindings and covers. Wear and rubbing to extremities. Gilt and spine labels lacking from spine. Boards starting. Armorial Bookplate on inside board from C J Bibliotheca Latinia. Light library marks. From the library of 4th Bishop of the Diocese of Maryland, William Whittingham. Clean, unmarked pages. Brunet, III, 1950. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US. Luigi Antonio Muratori was a librarian in Modena, and one of the greatest scholars of his time, b. 21 Oct., 1672; d. 23 Jan., 1750. Though he came from a poor family of Vignola in the district of Modena, he received opportunities to devote himself to the higher studies. Having first been instructed by the Jesuits, he studied law, philosophy, and theology at the University of Modena, he plainly showed his extraordinary talents, especially in literature and history. In 1694 he was ordained priest. In 1695 Count Charles Borromeo called him to the college at the Ambrosian library in Milan, where he immediately started collecting unedited ancient writings of various kinds.…