Treatise on the Apostles’ Creed (Latin)

Teodoro Gennaro

Treatise on the Apostles’ Creed (Latin)

Venice

Giovanni Battista Cataneo

1674

This heavily gilt and decorated binding in maroon goatskin is the work of the brothers Gregorio & Giovanni Andreoli, the finest Roman binders in the latter half of the century. They worked in the Vatican Library and were sought out by popes, cardinals, and the nobility of the era. This is the presentation copy for Cardinal Pietro Bassadona, a famous orator and diplomat. His etched portrait by Isabella Piccini, Franciscan nun and renowned artist, is displayed above in photographic reproduction.

Gift of H. George & Florence S. Fletcher in memory of Mary K. Young, 2021.

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