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

[Paris, J. Leclerc], after 1611

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Sm. 4to: engr. title-33 pl. (all pl. are trimmed to the border and mounted on velin paper, 1st 4 lvs sl. foxed with an occ. stain).

Contemp. half calf, mottled paper covers, gilt-ruled spine with 5 bands (sm. tr. of use).

Complete series in a later Parisian (?) issue (1st: 1611, Antwerp) after drawings by P. de Jode. Includes an engr. title, a portrait of Saint Dominic and 32 plates depicting life and miracles of the founder of the Dominican Order. With a quatrain in Latin by Jean Nys.
Ref. Hollstein VII: 127-138 (1st ed., mentions only 12 prints). - BCNI 5755. - Biogr. nat. XVI:36-37. - De le Court 978.