Funeral Rites.- Perucci (Francesco) Pompe Funebri di tutte le Nationi del Mondo. Raccolte dalle Storie Sagre, et Profane, first edition, engraved architectural title, 20 half page engraved vignette illustrations of funeral scenes, and several other smaller, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, dedication leaf ([pi]2) bound following contents rather than title, lacking final blank, later half calf, some wear to extremities, [Brunet IV 524], 4to, Verona, Francesco Rossi, 1639.
⁂ First edition of this anthropological work on funeral rites, rituals and celebrations from all over the world, both ancient and modern, including some from the new worlds of the Americas, such as the natives of Peru.
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