Liber Genesis aereis formis a Crispin Passaeo expressus versebusque [!] tam latinis quam Germanicis ornatus.

4to: [2]-LIX ff. (hole in D4 & E2 repaired with loss of text, lower blank corner of E4 repaired with loss of a few words; occ. staining & soiling, large stain on lower endpaper).

Contemp. leather (rubbed), spine with 5 raised bands (head & tail repaired).

Rare 2nd ed. (1st 1612) of these illustrations of Genesis by the Cologne engraver Crispijn de Passe the Elder (1564-1637) with Neo-Latin and German verses by Wilhelm Salsmann (fl. 1596-1629 at Cologne). With liminary poetry by A. Buchelius. Engr. title and 59 fine half-page engravings with Latin verses in italic and German ones in gothic printed within ruled border. 2 other religious engravings pasted on endpapers.
Ref. A.J. vd Berg & B. Thijs, "Het Liber Genesis van Crispijn de Passe", in: Met andere woorden, 26, 2007, pp. 25-34. - STCN. - BnF. - Not in Simoni (BL), VD-17, Oberlé.
Prov. Gilt initials "HD" on covers.