Sacrarum elegiarum deliciae, in quibus Pia desideria Hermanni Hugonis [...] Christum patientem Caroli Malapertij [...] ac similia aliquot lectissima Patrum Societatis Iesu opuscula.

12mo: [16]-352 (= 342)-[1-1 bl.] pp.

Contemp. gilt calf, covers with gilt central ornament, gilt spine with 4 raised bands (worn, joints splitting, tail def.). Good copy.

Very rare anthology of the best of Latin religious verse by Jesuit poets, including Herman Hugo’s Pia desideria (pp. 1-140, unillustrated), Carolus Malapertius (pp. 273-290), Jacobus Wallius (pp. 332-346), and Sidronius Hosschius (pp. 347-352).
Ref. Daly/Dimler (Jesuit Emblem) J.644. - DBS IV:1307:26. - Not in Goldsmith (BL), Landwehr (Romanic), Oberlé, Emblem books Leiden, Anet etc.
Prov. "ALB" (gilt (ligature) initials on covers). - "Ex libris Ant. Lebout 1660" (ms. entry on title; probably his initials on covers). - Bibliotheca Heberiana, i.e. from the massive collection of the English book-collector Richard Heber (1773-1833) (collector's stamp). - J. Leslie, Theological Bookseller ... London (old bookseller's ticket).