Vijftich meditatien van het leven ende lof der Moeder Godts ende Maeghet Maria.

8vo: 335-[1 bl.] pp. (usual browning in both works, ownership entry cut out from flyleaf).

Contemp. calf (corners sl. bumped and rubbed), gilt orn. spine with 4 raised bands (joints rubbed, def. at head, tail and title label), sp. edges.

Bound with: Id. - Seven meditatien op den Lof-sanck Salve Regina. Ibid., 1590. 79-[1] pp.
Rare Dutch translation of two interrelated devotional works by the Brabant Jesuit Fr. Costerus (1532-1619), earlier published in Latin by Chr. Plantin in 1587 (Voet 1051 & 1045). The "Vijftich meditatien" were published in 2 issues. A number of copies (not ours) have an additional 50 numb. etchings (Imhof). Woodcut ill. on titles. Printed in gothic type.
Ref. Imhof (Moretus) C-74. - STCV. - BB I:878:C-538 (first work only). - BT 742 & 740. - DBS II:1517-1518:3-4. - BCNI 4072 & 4070.
Prov. Ms. ownership entries.
Joined: 1. Blosius, L. - Vertroostinge der kleyn-moedige getrocken uyt de Schriften der Heyligen. Antwerp, Wid. P. Jacobs, 1731. 12mo: 190-[2] pp. Contemp. calf (corners bumped), spine with 4 raised bands (joints rubbed). Devotional work by the Flemish monk and mystical writer Blosius (1506-1566). Ref. Cp. STCV (other ed.). Prov. "'t Klooster der Zwarte Zusters te Loven" (ms. ownership entry). - 2. vander Mat, A. - Fasciculus myrrhae. Dat is, het bosseltje van myrrhe [...]. Antwerp, Chr. Vermey, 1709. 272 pp. (some browning and spotting) [bound with] Id. - De meditatien gedurende den Advent [...]. Ibid. 96 pp. (dampstaining). 2 works in 1 vol., 8vo. Contemp. calf (corners def.), gilt orn. spine with 5 raised bands (def. and repaired). The first work with 6 (of 10) full-page engravings. Both printed in gothic type. Ref. STCV. Prov. Libr. stamp. (3 vol.)