Carlo Antonio Bertelli - La fonte di Cerere sopra Cornelio Tacito in ordine al ministero de governi politici e morali - 1669

Full brown leather binding. On the back: 5 nerves, gold title in a light brown leather box, golden embellishments on the panels. Red spray edges.

guard card, 2 white cards, 5, [1], 399, 2 white cards, guard card

Carlo Antonio Bertelli (1637–c.1676) titles his work with a reference to Tacitus and the Athenian myth of the priests who drew their oracles from the source of Ceres, a purely functional device for the organization into chapters called 'Vaticini', of his advice for the proper functioning of the state.

Beautiful typographic mark on the title page, with final headpieces and decorated initials throughout the volume. Marbled endpapers. Faint marginal stain along the entire volume. Copy in excellent condition, still strong paper, readable and complete text.