Hadrianus VI. sive Analecta historica de Hadriano Sexto Trajectino, Papa Romano.

4to: [48]-541-[1] pp. (browning, some spotting).

Contemp. marbl. calf (rubbed, corners bumped, some sm. wormholes), covers with gilt central ornament within double gilt ruled border, richly gilt spine with 6 raised bands (rubbed, joints splitting, sm. def. at head & tail), gilt sides, marbl. edges. Good copy.

Early collection of biographical documents on Pope Adrian VI (1459-1523), collected by the Utrecht historian C. Burmannus (1695-1755). Engr. ill.: front., title engr., nice folding portrait of Adrianus VI by J. Houbraken, folding genealogical table, folding pl. (funeral monument) and 1 ill. in text depicting a medal. Title in red and black.
Ref. Haitsma Mulier/VdLem 94a. - STCN (i.a. BL).
Prov. Augustinus Legillon & Anselmus vanden Bogaerde (2 bookpl. on front endpaper). - Libr. stamp.
Joined: 3 rare Leuven imprints: 1. Stella, Didacus, O.F.M. - Contemptus vanitatum mundi. Leuven, G. Lipsius, 1664. 12mo: [8]-379-[18-3 bl.] pp. Contemp. sheep (rubbed, corners used), gilt spine with 4 raised bands (rubbed, joints rubbed, sm. def at head & tail). Ref. BCNI 12140. - STCV (1). Prov. Libr. stamps. - 2. Joannes Evangelista van 's-Hertogenbosch - La vie eternelle [...] divisée en deux parties. Leuven, M. Hullegaerde, 1687. 12mo: [20]-276-[4] pp. Contemp. vellum, flat spine. Ill. with engr. front. by G. Bouttats. Ref. BCNI 14704. - STCV. - 3. Bona, Giovanni, O. Cist. - Principia et documenta vitae christianae. Leuven, P. Delvaux, 1725. 12mo: [4]-207-[5] pp. Contemp. sheep, gilt spine with 4 raised bands. Ref. BCNI 18049. - Not in STCV. Prov. Bookpl. - Stamp and ownership entry on title. (4 vol.)