t'Roomsch martelaren-boeck/ naer den heysch vanden nieuwen calengier ende waerheyt der kercklijcker historien.

4to: [8]-222-[2 bl.] pp. (title sl. soiled, browning esp. in 2nd part, some minor worming in blank margin of 1st few ff., light mostly marginal dampstaining).

Old overl. vellum, flat spine (sl. soiled). Good copy.

Very rare first Dutch translation of this early application of the Gregorian calendar (1st Venice 1586), with saints and martyr's feast days and brief biographies of each saint or martyr, by the Italian cardinal C. Baronio (1538-1607), and translated by the Antwerp priest Henricus Adriani. In Gothic type. Large engr. ill. on title.
Ref. BT 8721. - BCNI 4586. - Pettegree (NB) 3151. - STCV (1). - Anet (1). - Not in Adams, STC Dutch (BL).
Prov. Ms. entry on front pastedown erased.