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TORRE [Filippo del, Bishop of Adria] De annis imperii M. Aurelii Antonini Elagabali ... 1st ed...

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TORRE [Filippo del, Bishop of Adria] De annis imperii M. Aurelii Antonini Elagabali ... 1st ed...
TORRE [Filippo del, Bishop of Adria]
De annis imperii M. Aurelii Antonini Elagabali ... 1st edition, contemporary vellum, 4to., Patavii [Padua]: apud Joannem Manfre, 1713
Note: Life and account of the Roman emperor Heliogabalus (AD 218-222) who achieved a notoriety on account of his shameless and profligate life that shocked even a Roman public. The antiquarian Bishop of Adria (1657-1717) is remembered as the first to note the significance of the solar feast of Natalis Invicti celebrated on 25 December as having a strong claim on the responsibility for the date of the celebration of Christmas. This copy has the armorial bookplate of the famous bibliophile Joseph Smith (1682-1770), British Consul at Venice.
£80-100