Histoire des hosties miraculeuses, qu'on nomme le très-saint sacrement de miracle, qui ce conserve à Bruxelles depuis l'an 1370 [...].

Brussels, J. vanden Berghen, 1770

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8vo: 124 [= 126]-[7-1 bl.] pp.

Contemp. mottled sheep (sides rubbed, corners bumped), gilt spine with 5 raised bands (joints splitting). Good copy.

Treatise on the Brussels anti-Jewish medieval legend of the "Miraculous Sacrament" (1370) by the French Jesuit H. Griffet (1698-1771). Engr. ill.: folding front. and 25 numbered pl. by L. Fruytiers, of which 7 folding. Woodcut ill. in text and 1 folding pl. "Véritable représentation du très-saint sacrement de miracles". Title signed by publ.
Ref. DBS III:1823:26. - STCV.
Prov. "I. Goodford, 1796" (ms. entry on flyleaf).