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GIRALDICINTHIO,
GiovanBattista.AltileTragedia -Venice: 1583. 8vo.With engravedportrait and a cast list.
The scene is set in the Syrian cityofDamascus.
BoundwithGiraldiCinthio,GiovanBattista.DidoneTragedia -Venice: 1583. 8vowith engravedportrait and a cast list.
The scene is set in theAfrican cityofCarthage.
BoundwithGiraldiCinthio,GiovanBattista.GliAntivalomeni Tragedia -Venice: 1583. 8vo.With engravedportrait and a cast list.
The scene is set in theEnglish cityof London.
BoundwithGiraldiCinthio,GiovanBattista. CleopatraTragedia -Venice: 1583. 8vo.With engravedportrait and a cast list.
The scene is set in theEgyptian cityofAlexandria.
BoundwithGiraldiCinthio,GiovanBattista.ArrenopiaTragedia -Venice: 1583. 8vo.With engravedportrait and a cast list.
A copy is tobe found in theGilbert LibraryA landmark in thehistoryof Irish scene set drama, the ac-
tionof this five act verseplay is set inLimerick, “Cittanobiled’Hibernia”.Here is tobe found the court of
thekingof Irelandwhohas taken forwifeArrenopia, thedaughter of thekingof Scotland.
BoundwithGiraldiCinthio,GiovanBattista. EuphimiaTragedia -Venice: 1583. 8vo.With engravedportrait and a cast list.
The scene is set in the cityofCorinth.
BoundwithGiraldiCinthio,GiovanBattista. EpitiaTragedia -Venice: 1583. 8vo.With engravedportrait and a cast list.
The scene is set in the cityofMagna.
BoundwithGiraldiCinthio,GiovanBattista. SeleneTragedia -Venice: 1583. 8vo.With engravedportrait and a cast list.
The scene is set in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. In excellent condition, this collective edition containing nine plays and a total of 1,228
pages is bound in contemporary vellumwith a lettered spine and a library shelf notation. There is a bibliographical note inside the lower
cover.
Provenance: The estateofTonySweeney
€500 - 800
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POLANCUS, Joannes /MADRIDIUS,Christophorus.
BreveDirectorium adConfessarii acConfitentismunus recte obeundum…De frequenti usu Sanctissimi Eucharistiae Sacramenti libellus -
Antwerp: 1575, 12mowith seven smallwoodcuts illustrations. pp. [i], 128, [2].
Averygood copy inmodernboards coveredwith an earlypageof printing that simulated the layout of amediaevalmanuscript i.e. small
type commentary surrounding a larger type face for the text.
The greatCounterReformationGeneralCouncil, thatwas held atTrent (1545-1563)was drawing to its close,when twoSpanish Jesu-
it theologians joined together topublish in a single volume two small guides, the first dealingwith the Sacrament ofConfession and
theother advocating frequentHolyCommunion. Then asnow aprimary study for thosepreparing for thepriesthood centredon the
handlingof theConfessional box and thiswas the topicdealtwithby JoannesPolancus, the latinisedversionof JuandePolanco,who
served as secretary toSt Ignatius andhelpedhim in thepreparation of the JesuitRule aswell as the “Spiritual Exercises”. Sweeney3482.1
Provenance: The estateofTonySweeney
€300 - 500
68
CalendarofSaints, Paris1450
FromaBookofHours, illuminatedCalendarofSaintswithcoloured floralbordersandgilthighlights, 12vellum leaves, each leaf approx. 16x
12cm.Calendars inBooksofHourswereused to tell time, butdifferently thancalendarsof today.Theydid sobyciting the feast thatwas cel-
ebratedonaparticularday.The feasts listed inmedievalCalendars aremostly saints’ days (commemoratingwhen the saintsweremartyred).
€500 - 800
69
1662SignedandSealedManuscriptDocument.
Referring to aCromwellian soldier, John Smith, sellinghis grant of land, 8th January 1662 “Signed, Sealed andDelivered in thePresence of
JohnHubbard, Ffances Ledwit”,etc.with two seals.
€400 - 600
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