Capitoli, ed ordini per il buon governo delle Pie case de' Cattecumeni di Venezia, a cognizione de' Signori Governatori delle medeme [sic], ristampati, e raccolti dalli notatori della pia Congregazione [...]

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<p>4to (223x171 mm). 64 pp. Engraved vignette on the title page. Contemporary cardboards covered with colored papers, inked title on spine. Upper margin cut short with occasional partial loss of current title and page number. A good copy. At the end are bound two later additions to the statues, one dated 24 June 1763 (XXVI pp.) and one dated 1<sup>st</sup> October 1788 (III, [1 blank] pp.).</p> <p>This is the fourth edition of the Statutes of the Venice House of Catechumens. First published in 1558, shortly after the House was established in 1557 mostly to host Jewish and Muslim converts, the statutes were reprinted in 1686, 1702, 1737, and finally in 1802 during the period of Habsburg domination (cf. P. Ioly Zorattini, <em>Per un'identità possibile. Ebrei ed “infedeli” a Venezia in età contemporanea tra libertà e necessità</em>, Brescia, 2023, pp. 29-35). It includes chapters on food and domestic economy.</p> <p>E.A. Cicogna, <em>Saggio di bibliografia veneziana</em>, 248; Italian Union Catalogue, IT\ICCU\VEAE\125058.</p>

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