Live auction - Lot 753
[Antwerp imprint - Catechism]
Summa doctrinae christianae
Antwerp, J. Bellerus, 1558
€ 300 / 400
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Lot description
8vo: 104-[4] ff. (some marg. staining).
Loose in cont. vellum, flat spine titled in ink. Good copy.
Extr. rare Bellerus edition of a catechism for younger people by the first Dutch Jesuit Petrus Canisius (1521-1597), 1st publ. Wien 1554. The Royal privilege for the Low Countries was granted to Martinus Verhasselt in Louvain (BT 6812) and the work was also publ. by Hans de Laet (BT 4440). Woodcut mark on title. Ref. DBS II:620:5. - BCNI 2656. - Not in BT, Adams, BnF, Pettegree NB, STC Dutch (BL). Prov. Old name on title.