1685 ENGLISH Lives of Popes 1ed Platina Catholic Church Sixtus IV Sacchi Rycaut

1685 ENGLISH Lives of Popes 1^ed Platina Catholic Church Sixtus IV Sacchi Rycaut

Bartolomeo Sacchi, or Platina, was a 15^th-century Italian humanist who is most remembered for his book ‘Vitae Pontificum,’ or ‘Lives of the Popes.’ ‘Lives’ was an important work dedicated to the papacy of important Catholic popes, but Platina wrote the work through the lens of Roman history with obvious themes of paganism. This book was the first systematic handbook on papal history and praises the punishment of heresy throughout the Catholic Church.

This 1685 first English edition was edited and translated by Sir Paul Rycaut.

Item number: #26490

Price: $995

SACCHI, Bartolomea [Platina]

The lives of the popes, from the time of our Saviour Jesus Christ, to the reign of Sixtus IV. Written oringinally in Latine by Baptista Platina native of Cremona

London: Printed for Christopher Wilkinson, 1685. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [32], 416, 394, [18]
• Provenance: Handwritten – [ Birge, 1826]
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~13.25in X 8.5in (33.5cm x 21.5cm)
• Rare and desirable with auction records and price comparisons at $2500

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