Live auction - Lot 888
[Devotion]
Die woestijne des Heeren [...] [ed. Petrus Godefridi O.F.M.].
Leuven, J. Maes for P. Smith (Fabri), 1575
€ 250 / 400
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Lot description
8vo: 299-[1 bl.] ff. (some soiling, worming in 1st and last ff. touching a few letters).
Old sheep, spine on 4 raised bands (head repaired, rubbed, corners bumped). Good copy.
Major work of the Franciscan mystic Vervoort (1500-1555). Woodcut on title. 2 full-page and 27 half-page woodcuts. Printed in gothic type; privilege in civilité. Ref. BT 4744. - De Troeyer 660. - BCNI 3543. - Pettegree NB 30667. - STC Dutch (BL) 86. - Not in Adams. Joined: Idem – Het bruylocht cleedt der liefde[n] Gods [...] [ed. Hendrick Pippinck O.F.M.]. Antwerp, P. van Keerberghen, 1566. 8vo: [10, 1 bl.]-244 ff. (lacking 1 prelim. f. with woodcut). Cont. blind-ruled calf over wood, gilt-titled spine on 4 raised bands, metal catches, mod. endpapers (rebacked, clasps gone). Popular devotional treatise often quoting Ruusbroec. 2 (of 3) full-page and 1 sm. woodcuts. Ref. BT 4736. - De Troeyer 696. - BCNI 3046. - NB 30661. - Not in Adams, STC Dutch. Prov. Libr. stamp. (2 vol.)