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(PUEBLA—1800?) Nava, José de; engraver.
[Vida de Santa Rosa de Viterbo.]
33 plates. 4to, contemporary spotted calf, minor wear; bookplate removed from front paste-
down, minor worming and dampstaining in margins; small inked “MM” stamps on verso
of plates 1 and 32.
[Puebla, circa 1800?]
[5,000/7,500]
An illustrated life of the 13th-century Saint Rose of Viterbo, issued without title page or text
leaves.This is regarded as the master work by Puebla’s greatest engraver José de Nava (1735-
1817). Medina, Puebla page xliv; Palau 187900. 2 in OCLC, and none known at auction.