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VAN HAEFTEN, Benedictus, O.S.B.

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Antwerp, H. Verdussen for B. a Bolswert, 1629

8vo: [32]-631-[25] pp.

Contemp. gilt-ruled calf (corners sl. bumped), covers with gilt oval religious mark, gilt orn. spine with 4 raised bands (front joint and head repaired). Nice copy.

First edition of a typical religious emblem book on the heart by the Benedictine monk B. van Haeften (1588-1648). Engr. ill.: title and 55 emblems by Boetius à Bolswert.
Ref. Landwehr (Low Countries) 267. - Praz 361-362. - BCNI 8093. - STCV. - Not in Emblem books Leiden.
Prov. "Bibliotheca loci S. Bernardi 1750", i.e. the Cistercian abbey of Hemiksem (ms. entry on title). - Frédéric Verachter (1797-1870), Antwerp archivist and collector (id.). - Van Havre, i.e. the Belgian politician and collector Gustave van Havre (1817-1892) (armorial bookpl.). - Old ms. entries on half title, i.a. "Gheerincx".