Emanuele Di Gesù e Maria

Emanuele Di Gesù e Maria. Panegyric History of St. Joachim. Joined with: Signorij ello Pasquale. The admirable Life of Saint Anne. Naples, Andrea Festa's printing works 1854-56. First Edition. Original edition of the hagiographic works on the life, figure, and sanctity of Saint Joachim and his wife Saint Anne. The work extols the historical and spiritual virtues of Saint Joachim and describes the spiritual biography and the alleged miracles of Saint Anne, parents of Mary and grandparents of Jesus, drawing from the apocryphal gospels and Christian tradition. Finally, with its own title page Lives of some Holy Virgins. Two works in one volume, each with its own title page. Beautiful binding in half-leather. Title and ornaments in gold on the spine. Fine copper engraving by Francesco De Grado depicting Saint Joachim at the frontispiece of the first work. Portrait of Saint Anne at the frontispiece of the second work. Dimensions 14x10, pages 248, 232, 107, 142. Excellent condition. Signoriello Pasquale. History of the Life, Miracles, Translation, and Cult of Saint Nicholas. Bari at Sabino Morisco 1887. A rare edition of the historical-hagiographic work on the saintly bishop of Myra, also known as Saint Nicholas of Bari. The work retraces the historical stages and documentary testimonies on Nicholas born at Patara and later becoming bishop of Myra in Turkey, describing the rich tradition of the miracles performed by the Saint and the famous translation of his relics carried out by Bari sailors who, from a Myra fallen under Muslim rule, brought them to Bari. Beautiful binding in half-leather. Title in gold on the spine. Spine with raised bands. Frontispiece figure of Saint Nicholas in his bishop’s robes. Dimensions 15x11, pages XVI, 372. Excellent condition.

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