Two works: (1) Presidio Romano overo della milizia Ecclesiastica

et delle religioni cavalleresche, come claustrali libri III. Dove con varietà dottrina (...).Con la vita di molti huomini santi (...). Aggiuntevi le memorie di molte illustri famiglie, come per appendice all'una, e all'altra parti della corona di nobilità. Di Gio. Pietro de' Crescenzi Romani (...). Piacenza, G.A. Ardizzioni, Stapatore Camerale, 1647-1648, 3 parts in 1 vol., (24),536; 136; 69,(2) p., woodcut printer's marks on titles, woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces, contemp. vellum, ribbed spine w. attractive large old manuscript title, folio.

Occas. waterst. and/or foxed/browned; a few lvs. sloppily printed or on badly prepared paper. Hinges/joints with a few wormholes. With a lovely provenance: all works with the owner's entry in pen of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1655-1716), Scottish bibliophile, globetrotter, author of political works and member of parliament, friend of the philosopher John Locke. The greater part of the huge library (6000 books across a wide range of subjects, often bought during his travels) was sold in the 1960s. See P.J.M. Willems, Bibliotheca Fletcheriana, the extraordinary library of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, Reconstructed and Systematically Arranged (1999). We have a number of books with this exact owner's entry in this auction. The present work is rarely offered for sale, no copies in PiCarta. And 1 other work with owner's entry of Andrew Fletcher. (total 2)