Live auction - Lot 1323
[Brussels - Sacrament of Miracle]
Hooghwerdighe historie van het alder-heylighste sacrament van mirakel [...]. Verciert met schoone copere figuren. Eersten druck.
CAFMEYER, Pierre de
Hammer price: €
380
€ 250 / 350
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Lot description
Brussels, G. De Backer, 1720
2 parts in 1 vol., folio: [10]-48, [2]-70 pp.; 40 pl. (tear in pl. p. 32 of part I and p. 20 of part II without loss, occ. soiling).
Contemp. mottled sheep, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands (rubbed, joint loosening).
First folio edition of the account of the Sacrament of Miracle by Cafmeyer, (antisemitic) legend about sacrilegious attacks by Jews on the sacred Hosts in 1369. Profusely illustrated with remarkable architecture plates (some signed by Harrewijn and Krafft): 20 etched plates in armorial Rococo woodcut borders, 19 etched plates representing triumphal arches (1 with "Manneken-Pis"; 4 fold.), 1 woodcut pl. and 1 woodcut in-text.
Ref. BCNI 17688. - Knuttel 58-59 (without fold. pl. in pt. 1 and 1st and 2nd "vervolgh"). - Opac KBR.
Prov. Libr. stamps.