Pia desideria, emblematis, elegiis & affectibus sanctissimorum patrum illustrata [...].

HUGO, Herman, S.J.

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Antwerp, H. Aertssens for Chr. van Sichem & P.J. Paets (Amsterdam), 1628

24mo: [28]-456-[2] pp. (half-title missing; some marginal toning, hole in blank fore-edge margin M1, sm. tear in top margin Ee8).

19th-c. gilt dark green morocco, covers with double gilt ruled border and gilt corner pieces, richly gilt flat spine with havana label, gilt sides, a.e.g., double gilt inside ruled border. Nice copy.

First edition illustrated with woodcuts of the popular "Pia desideria" of the Flemish Jesuit Hugo (1588-1629). 46 full-page woodcut emblems by Chr. van Sichem (1581-1658). Woodcut arms of Urbanus VIII. Title within woodcut border.
Ref. Daly/Dimler (Jes. embl.) J.631 - Landwehr (LC) 346. - STCV. - STCN. - Begheyn 1628.1. - DBS IV:513:6. - BCNI 7955.
Prov. "Robert Pitcairn, Writer to the Signet" (1793-1855) and "Adam Sim [of] Coulter [Mains]" (1805-1868), both Scottish antiquarians (armorial bookplates).