F. P.-M. da Pederoba Pietrarossa - Prediche Quaresimali - 1786

Lenten Sermons by Father F. Pier-Maria da Pederoba, called Pietrarossa, Minor Reformist of the Province of Saint Anthony of Venice. Dedicated to His Royal Majesty Vittorio Amedeo III, King of Sardinia. Vicenza, for Giacomo Leoni, publisher of Gio. Batista Vendramini Mosca, 1786.

Two volumes in-4° (mm 300 × 223 at the binding).

Vol. I: pp. XII, 262, [2], with a fine engraved portrait of the author by Innocente Alessandri (title page engraved and text in two columns, rich drop caps, and woodcut borders and tailpieces).
Vol. II: pp. 282, [2].

Elegant contemporary full morocco binding (tree calf / mottled calf) of high quality, boards framed by triple gilt fillet with stylized flowers in the corners, spines with five raised bands richly ornamented with floral friezes and gold leaf leaf, red leather endpapers with title and volume number impressed in gold.
Guard sheets pink marbled.

Complete collection of the Lenten sermons of the celebrated reformist Franciscan preacher Pier-Maria da Pederoba (called Pietrarossa), originally from Pederobba (Treviso) and known as a preacher to popes and kings. The work, dedicated to Vittorio Amedeo III of Savoy, King of Sardinia, includes sermons on the main themes of Lent (humility and penance, faith, the Last Judgment, paradise, Christian obligation, love of the divine law, etc.), accompanied by Scriptural and patristic citations.

Original and unique edition, printed in Vicenza in 1786. A complete copy, in excellent condition, with the high-quality binding still solid and attractive.

Rare on the antique market: found in only a few public libraries (including the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze).

A fine piece of eighteenth-century Venetian preaching, of religious and bibliographical interest, enhanced by the fine contemporaneous binding and by the portrait of the author.