Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library Part V

Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library Part V

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Dionysius Carthusianus, Liber utilissimus de quatuor hominis novissimis, Cologne, 1602, contemporary Roman brown morocco for the Torres family

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DIONYSIUS CARTHUSIANUS. D. Dionysii Carthusiani liber utilissimus de quatuor hominis novissimis, nempe I. Morte. II. Iudicio. III. Inferni poenis. IIII. Gaudis coeli. Eiusdem colloquium de particulari iudicio animarum. Cologne: Bernhard Walter, 1602


A binding made for a member of the Torres family, originally from Spain but subsequently established in Rome and Naples. Earlier members of the family were notable book owners, particularly Luis de Torres (1495-1553) and Fernando de Torres (1521-1590), who both held high office in the Vatican; see Bibliotheca Brookeriana I, 11 October 2023, lots 77 and 8. A possible owner of the present volume could be Cosimo de Torres (1584-1642), who became a cardinal in 1622.

12mo (113 x 70 mm). Roman type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: +6 A-X12 Y6: 262 leaves. Woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initials. (Slight browning and spotting, cut somewhat close.)


binding: Contemporary Roman brown morocco gilt (117 x 80 mm), central oval cartouche with a matching morocco inlay with five towers (the arms of the de Torres family), corner decoration composed of a pavilion stamp, circles, stars and and azured leafy stamp, also containing a small tower, flat spine with five gilt towers in each compartment, gilt edges. (Joints and ends of spine repaired, pastedowns damaged and repaired, ink stamp removed from front flyleaf.)


provenance: A member of the Torres family, arms on binding — Jean Fürstenberg (1890-1982), illustrated in Tammaro de Marinis, Die italienischen Renaissance-Einbände der Bibliothek Fürstenberg (Hamburg, 1966), pp. 86-87. acquisition: Purchased in 2010 from Jadis & Naguère, Paris. references: VD17 12:646216X