Live auction - Lot 948
Soliloquia [...]. Adiectus eiusdem libellus Hortulus rosarum inscriptus, hic ad antiquum exemplar, ille ad autographum opera Henrici Sommalii, è Societate Jesus, emendatus.
THOMAS A KEMPIS
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
Leuven, J. Masius, 1600
12mo: [12]-184-[2 (of 4)] pp.
18th-c. marbled calf, gilt orn. spine with raised bands, red spr. edges (joints and edges rubbed, one corner bumped).
Extr. rare Leuven ed. of 2 smaller works of Thomas a Kempis, edited by the Jesuit H. Sommalius (1534-1619). Dedicated to Franciscus van Vlierden, abbot of Park Abbey. Woodcut Jesuit device on title. Engr. arms of dedicatee on verso of title. Woodcut ill. on †3v.
Ref. Pettegree (NB) 29217. - BT 6869. - Not in DBS, Adams, STC Dutch.
Prov. Jesuits of Leuven (ms. ownership entry).