Tesaurum artis pistoriae, seu, Gratiarum ac privilegioru[m] a summis pontificibus pistoribus almae Urbis concessorum
Subtitle: pars prima in qua registratum legitur breve Urbani VIII ...
By: cum annotationibus ac indice D. Petri Augustini Antolini ...
Contributors: Antolini, Pietro Agostino, editor; Rosius, Thomas, editor; Gualderius, Ludovicus, editor; Perkins, Oliver Henry, -1912, former owner; Bishop, Cortlandt F. (Cortlandt Field), 1870-1935, former owner
Publisher: ex tipographia Rev. Camerae Apostolicae
Published: 1635
Place of publication: Romae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Bakers; Early works to 1800; Baking; History
Other titles: Tesavrvm artis pistoriae, seu, Gratiarvm ac privilegiorv  a svmmis pontificibvs pistoribus almae Vrbis concessorum; Gratiarum ac privilegioru[m] a summis pontificibus pistoribus almae Urbis concessorum
Description: Summary of a papal brief, issued by Urban VIII, to the company of bakers in Rome dealing with the legal and ecclesiastical rights granted to that guild. A commentary by Peter Augustus Antolinus reviews the history of the bakers' art in ancient Rome.
Notes: Engraved title page (with arms); initials.

The engraved title page, with images of St. Peter and St. Paul, also contains the papal arms of Urban VIII, as well as those of Cardinal Biscia and Octavianus Raggi, the prefect of provisions.

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in early, elaborately gilt sheepskin with the papal arms of Urban VIII at the center of both covers. The pastedowns are of curl marbled papers. Tipped onto the front free endpaper is a 19th-century color souvenir postcard of Urban VIII and an earlier engraved portrait of Urban is likewise attached to the front flyleaf. Dealers' catalog descriptions of this copy are tipped onto both the front free endpaper and the rear pastedown. The bookplates of Oliver Henry Perkins and Cortlandt F. Bishop are present on the front pastedown.