Bavaria sancta, Maximiliani [...] utriusque Bav[ariae] ducis auspiciis coepta, descripta eidemque nuncupata [...] [and] Volumen alterum.

RADERUS, Matthaeus

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Munich, R. Sadeler, c. 1615-1624

2 parts in 1 vol., folio: engr. title; 59 pl., engr. title; 44 pl. (some marginal soiling or spotting, a few sm. tears in blank margins).

Old gilt quarter leather, chamois covers, spine with raised bands and morocco label, marbled edges (rubbed, front joint splitting, head and tail def., front flyleaves loose). Good copy.

Plates only by Raphael II Sadeler of the first 2 vol. on Bavarian saints after the Tirol Jesuit Raderus (1561-1634). One more vol. followed in 1627.
Ref. VD17 547:642523E & 3:022716N. - DBS VI:1376:19. - Hollstein XXI.284.157-227.
Prov. Bookseller’s ticket.