Flores seraphici ex amoenis Annalium hortis [...] Zachariae Bouerij [...] collecti, sive Icones, vitae et gesta virorum illustrium (qui ab Anno 1525. usque ad annum 1580. [...] miraculis, ac vitae sanctimonia claruere) compendiose descripta.

Folio: [14]-71-[1]-433 (of 447) pp. (half title, last 5 pp. text and 19 pp. index missing, edges of title and first 2 ff. strengthened, sm. hole through title and 4 first ff. underlaid, blank fore-edge margin of f. a underlaid, last 4 ff. strengthened in gutter margin; some light soiling).

19th-c. quarter sheep, shagreen covers (discol.).

First edition by Brother Carolus d’Arenberg (Brussels 1593-1669) of biographies of Capuchin and other Franciscan authors and "saints" 1525-1580. Engr. title and part-title (within floral border). Ill. with 95 full-page engr. (complete) showing mostly portraits of famous Capuchin fathers. Veneration of the Virgin with a view of Cologne on p. [14]. Pp. 86-92 on the Fleming Franciscus Titelmans (Hasselt 1502-1537), with his portrait. The author, Brother Carolus, the religious name of Anton d'Arenberg, was the 5th son of Charles d'Arenberg (1550-1616, 2nd Prince of Arenberg) and Anne de Croÿ. He entered the Capuchin monastery of Leuven in 1616, to become a gifted theologian, writer and even architect (he designed the Capuchin monasteries of Tervuren and Brussels, and the famous gardens of the Parc d'Enghien). A second vol. appeared in 1642.
Ref. VD17 14:675298V (I). - BCNI 9305. - STC German 1601-1700 (BL) B-1943.
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