Padula: The Charterhouse of S. Arsenio, Sacco, 1914-1930

Four-volume work by Antonio Sacco da S. Arsenio, titled "La Certosa di Padula disegnata, descritta e narrata su documenti inediti dal prof.... con speciale riguardo alla topografia, alla storia e all'arte della contrada," published in Rome by Tipografia dell'Unione Editrice between 1914 and 1930. The edition, in editorial paperback (worn, unbound), measures cm 39x29. The content of the volumes is as follows: vol. I (pp. 329+24 plates): the Certosa di S. Lorenzo in the buildings and in its character, in the documents, in the historical-artistic literature, in popular opinion and among the Carthusian monasteries; Saint Bruno and his institution; foundation of the cenoby and its life in the Middle Ages until about the middle of the 15th century; Tommaso Sanseverino and his lineage; acquisition of S. Maria and S. Basilio di Pisticci; vol. II (pp. 395+15 plates): the Certosa di San Lorenzo in the early Renaissance and in the 16th century; churches monasteries abbeys and fiefs annexed to the Certosa: S. Demetrio di Brindisi, S. Angelo di Scala, Mandrano and Mandranello, S. Caterina di Saponara, abbeys of Cadossa and S. Nicola del Torone, Riofredino, Eboli, Salerno, Naples; company of the Certosa di Taranto; vol. III (pp. 423+16 plates): the Certosa di San Lorenzo in the seventeenth century; the Grand Prior D. Ilarione de' Conti de Lioy; the painter D. Stefano de' Lioy; the Prior D. Andrea de' Lioy; the Prior D. Tommaso de' Lioy; the Prior D. Girolamo de' Lioy; the Prior D. Francesco de' Lioy. vol. IV (pp. 455+18 plates): the Certosa di San Lorenzo in the eighteenth century; the Prior D. Ilarione de' Conti de Lioy; the painter D. Stefano de' Lioy; the Prior D. Andrea de' Lioy; the Prior D. Tommaso de' Lioy; the Prior D. Girolamo de' Lioy; the Prior D. Francesco de' Lioy.