Regia via Crucis [...].

Antwerp, Plantin Press (B. Moretus), 1635

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8vo: xl [= 40]-404-[26] pp. (toned, sm. holes in half-title).

Old mottled sheep, gilt spine with 5 raised bands and morocco label, red edges (rubbed). Good copy.

Original ed. of a devotional work on the Holy Cross by the Flemish Benedictine Van Haeften (1588-1648). Engr. title and 38 full-page emblematical engr. after Rubens and Galle.
Ref. BCNI 8834. - Judson/Van de Velde (Book ill. Rubens) 71. - STCV.
Prov. Old ownership entries (deleted).