RARE 18th-century Italian translation of the books of Esther, Daniel, Tobias and Judith, this book is one of the earliest Italian literal translations of some of the Old Testament and Apocrypha books. This edition contains b&w vignettes at the end of each book. 250x190mm. [64]+[112]+[61]+[68]+[8] pages (altogether 313 pages). Contemporary yellow leather Hardcover. Pages edges dyed red. Cover and spine stained. Cover slightly curved. Cover corners slightly bumped and worn. Cover edges slightly worn. Two small wormholes on rear cover and two small wormholes on spine - the wormholes do NOT penetrate into the inside of the book. Spine edges bumped and tattered. Inner cover somewhat stained. Initials written in ink on front inner cover and whitepage, small pen marks on front inner cover upper corner, and small ink writing on title page upper edge. Binding slightly visible between whitepage and title page, between the Books of Daniel and Tobias, and pages 40-41 of the book of Tobias. Page 42 of the Book of Tobias slightly stained (text readable). Small wormhole penetrating about third of the pages - NO damage to text. Small worm-mark on rear inner cover and 8 last pages of the appendix to the Bible texts (list of supporters of the publication). Several pages corner slightly creased. Some pages bottom edge slightly stained. Pages slightly yellowing, slightly age-stained and slightly wavy. [SUMMARY]: This rare early Italian translation of several books from Writings of the Old Testament and Apocrypha is in very good condition for its age.