Generale kerckelycke historie van de gheboorte onses H. Iesu Chrisi tot het iaer M.DC.XXIV [...] alles door Heribert Rosweydus, priester der Societeyt Iesu.

2 vol., folio: [12]-[55-1 bl.]-716, 717/1360-212-[12] pp. (browning, some pages more heavily, some staining, tiny wormwork on upper margins of first lvs, margins of pp. 717-720 and p. 195 (2nd part) underl.).

Contemp. calf, gilt-orn. spines with 6 raised bands, red sp. edges (corners bumped, rubbed, sm. def. to heads and tails).

Enl. ed. of this church historical work compiled by the Jesuit H. Rosweyde. Engr. ill.: 2 titles by L. Vorsterman after Rubens, 2 folding pl. by C. de Mallery depicting sm. portraits of popes. Printed in 2 col. in Gothic type. Enriched with 2 nice engr. full-page portraits of Leopold I and his wife Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg by H. Causé after D. Zanetti originating from "Acta Sanctorum Junii" (1790) (encyclopedic hagiography in 68 vol. examining the lives of Christian saint, publ. 1643-1940) and one full-page pl. showing the descent from the cross after C. le Brun.
ref. DBS VII:203-4:20. - STCV.
Joined: Ribadeneyra, P. de; Rosweyde, H. - Generale legende der heylighen [...]. Den sevensten druck met veel levens der heylighen vermeerdert [...]. Antwerp, J.B. Verdussen, 1711. 1 (of 2) vol., folio: [8]-662-[26] pp. (some dampstaining in the margins, some min. browning and staining, min. wormwork). Contemp. calf, gilt-orn. spine with 6 raised bands, marbled edges, red sp. edges (corners and sides def.). Vol. 2 only of this new ed. (1st 1619). Engr. ill.: 6 full-page pl. representing hundreds of different saints. Numerous woodcut endpieces. Title in red & black. Woodcut printer's mark on title. Printed in 2 col. in Gothic type. Ref. DBS VII:202:14. - BCNI 16982. - STCV. (3 vol.)