Live auction - Lot 1282
[Devotion - Alms]
Le grand palais de la miséricorde, orné et tapissé de belles et riches pieces des vii oeuvres de l’aumosne corporelle [...].
GAZET, Nicolas, O.F.M.
Hammer price: €
200
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
Douai, B. Bellerus, 1606
2 parts in 1 vol., 8vo: [82]-334-[2 bl.], 570 pp. (final blank missing; toned, some marginal dampstaining, wormtrack in inner margin of central quires touching some letters).
Contemp. overl. vellum, spine titled in ink (soiled, head def.). Good copy.
Rare devotional work on the works of mercy, esp. almsgiving, by the Arras Franciscan N. Gazet (d. 1625), i.a. active in Liège and Namur. Engr. title and part title, and 10 engravings (incl. arms of Liège dedicatee Jean Curtius).
Ref. BB III:119-120:G-156. - Labarre 172. - BCNI 5162.