Thesaurus Sacorum Rituum Sev Commentaria in Rubricas Breviarii Romani Clementis VIII. Et Urbani VIII.

Four Volumes in One: Thesaurus Sacorum Rituum Sev Commentaria in Rubricas Breviarii Romani Clementis VIII. Et Urbani VIII., Bartholomoaeo Gavanto Mediol, Thomas Secundus, Ex Officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1646, 359 pp, 337 pp, 301 pp, 124 pp, full leather, 9.25 x 7”, thick 4to. In good condition. Later (early 18th?) leather binding with four raised bands. Moderate wear to extremities with dryness and sporadic discoloration to leather. Tips bumped with board exposed. Hinges lightly cracked. Raised bands rubbed with typical creasing down spine. Manuscript label is darkened and flaking. Old hand signature on paste down with 1870 dated ownership to flyleaf. 17th century signature on front title page. Interior lightly toned with minimal foxing. Ink markings on bottom fore-edge. Free of known markings. Binding intact. Please see photos. Lovely, high-quality edition of Bartolommeo Gavanto’s (1569-1638) Thesaurus in four volumes bound in one. Gavanto was an Italian Barnabite priest and liturgist who devoted most of his life to liturgical studies. He was recognized as the most accurate knowledge of sacred rites in Rome. He was named perpetual consultor to the Sacred Congregation of Rite by Pope Urban VIII. This is his chief work where he traces the historical original of the sacred rites themselves, treats of their mystical significance, gives rules as to the observance and obligation of the rubrics and adds decrees and brief explanations bearing on the subject-matter of the work. It was dedicated to his patron, Pope Urban. Printed by Plantin Press with Balthasar Moretus or Balthasar I Moretus’s devices. He was a Flemish printer and head of the Officina Plantiniana, the printing company established by his grandfather Christophe Plantin in Antwerp in 1555. He was the son of Martina Plantin and Jan Moretus.…