Illuminato Da Torino. - Canto Ecclesiastico della Settimana Santa. - 1729

Illuminato Da Torino. Easy Ecclesiastical Song of Holy Week. Venice, Giacomo Tomasini, 1729. First Edition. A scarcely obtainable original edition of the musical treatise by the Minor Friar Padre Illuminato da Torino. A collection of Franciscan liturgical chants as evidenced by the square notation, specific to the rites and celebrations of Holy Week. Followed by Lamentations and Treatises in Easier and Gregorian Chant. Two parts in one volume, each with its own title page and continuous pagination. Half-leather binding from the nineteenth century. Title and ornaments in gold on the spine. The coat of arms of Gianfrancesco Barbarigo, to whom the work is dedicated, engraved in the text. Pages almost entirely occupied by musical scores in square notation interspersed with the texts. A folded plate with manuscript music not found in any other exemplar. Dimensions 24 x 17 cm, pages 192, with 8 unnumbered. Excellent condition.