Vita et miracula S.P. Dominici praedicatorii ordinis primi institutoris.

GALLE, Theodoor. After Pieter de Jode

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Antwerp, Th. Galle, 1611

Sm. 4to: engr. title-[6] ff.; 33 pl. (sl. marg. soiling).

Later (?) vellum, flat spine titled in ink.

First issue of the 34 nice copper-engr. plates by Th. Galle after P. de Jode: engr. title, portrait of Saint Dominic and a suite of 32 plates depicting his life and miracles. These, are accompanied with a quatrain in Latin by the Dominican Jean Nys (d. 1622).
Ref. BCNI 5755. - Biogr. nat. belge XVI:36-37. - De le Court 978. - Not in Funck, BB.
Prov. Philippe-Joseph de Cano (1702-1758), canon and dean of Antwerp cathedral (armorial bookpl. in red).