KNUD DEN HELLIGE - SAN CANUTO - ANNIBALE ADAMI.

Vita e Morte gloriso del serenissimo Re e Martire San Canuto Qvarto Re et Protomartire di Danimarca descritta da Annibale Adami della Compagnia di Giesu.

Rom, Gio: Battista Bussotti, 1682. 4to. Contemp. full vellum. handwritten title to spine. A small stamp on title-page and last leaf. Engraved frontispiece (allegory of his murder in front of the altar). (12),198 pp. A bit of browning to a few quires, otherwise clean

First edition of the first biography of the Danish king Knud IV who was slain by rebels in 1086. He was the first Dane to be canonized and was recognized by the Roman Catholic Church as patron saint of Denmark in 1101, under the name of San Canuto.

Order-nr.: 50526