Historia del glorioso precursore di N.S. S. Gio. Battista, protettore della citta di Genoua
Subtitle: nella quale si registra la sua vita e morte, & il successo delle sue sacratissime reliquie : come furono acquistate da' genouesi e portate nella loro patria, e come in essa sono custodite, e riuerentemente tenute
By: descritta da Agostino Calcagnino
Contributors: Murchio, Giorgio Maria, 17th cent; Curleto, Silvestro Maria, 17th cent; Testana, Giuseppe, 17th cent; Farroni, Giovanni Maria
Publisher: Per Gio. Maria Farroni
Published: 1648
Place of publication: In Genova
Language: ita
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Religious life and customs; Early works to 1800; Relics
Other titles: Historia del glorioso precursore di N.S. S. Gio. Battista, protettore della citta di Genova; Historia di S. Gio. Battista
Notes: Woodcut t.p. vignette (John's execution). Tail-piece, a few historiated initials.

Frontispiece signed by Silvestro Maria Curleto as engraver. It bears title: Historia di S. Gio. Battista. Folded plate engraved by: Joseph Testana. Both engravings are after an artist signed on the 1st as Giorgio M. Murchio, and on the 2nd as Georgio Maria Mulchio.

Signatures: [A]⁴ [dagger]⁴ B-O⁸ P⁴.

Binding: later vellum. Title in gilt on spine. Edges blue. Green ribbon place marker.

Bookplate on front pastedown of marchese Salsa Malaspina (Naples, 18th cent.); see Gelli. 19th-century bookplate on back pastedown with motto: Comme je fus. Signature on t.p. of Giobertto ?Lagomarci, written over an older signature. Bookseller's label of C.E. Rappaport, Rome.