Diva Virgo Hallensis. Beneficia eius & miracula fide atque ordine descripta.

LIPSIUS, Justus

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Antwerp, Plantin Press (J. Moretus), 1605

4to: [8]-86-[9-1 bl.] pp. (minor staining in inner blank margin, ownership entry cut out of blank margin title).

Contemp. overl. vellum (remains of ties), flat spine. Good copy.

Second edition (1st 1604) of Lipsius' popular narrative of the miracles of the Holy Virgin of Halle. Ill. with 2 full-page engr. by Cornelis Galle: B4r (Interior of the church), D2r (siege of Hallae Opidum). Engr. ill. on title showing the Virgin. Woodcut mark at the end.
Ref. Imhof (Moretus) L-37. - Simoni (BL) L-150. - BB III:975-976:L-308. - Bowen (Marian pilgrimage sites) 93:HAL-41. - STCV.
Prov. Floris Prims (1882-1954), Antwerp canon, historian and city archivist (typed note on front pastedown).
Bound with: 1. Id. - Diva Sichemiensis sive Aspricollis: nova eius beneficia & admiranda. Ibid., 1606. [8]-69-[10-1 bl.] pp. Second ed. (1st 1605) on the miracles of the Virgin at Scherpenheuvel (Zichem). Ill. with engr. title-vign. showing the Virgin. Woodcut printer's mark at end. Ref. Imhof (Moretus) L-34. - Simoni (BL) L-149. - BB III:1012:L-394. - BCNI 5174. - STCV. - 2. Id. - De constantia libri duo. Qui alloquium praecipue continent in publicis malis. Ultima editio, castigata. Ibid., 1599. [16]-86-[9-1 bl.] pp. Second ed. (1st 1584) of Lipsius’ philosophical dialogue on life in troubled times. Engr. Plantin mark on title. Ref. Imhof (Moretus) L-15. - BT 1939. - Pettegree (NB) 19368. - BB III:L-162.