Goddelycke wenschen verlicht met sinnebeelden en vierige uytspraken der out-vaders/ na-gevolgt de Latijnsche [...] door Iustus de Harduyn.

12mo: [20]-434-[3] pp. (toned, occ. marg. soiling).

Cont. overl. vellum, flat spine titled in ink (sl. soiled, ties gone). Good copy.

Rare second Dutch trsl. (first 1629) of "Pia desideria" by H. Hugo (1588-1629). Nicely illustrated with 51 woodcuts: title, 1 coat-of-arms, 3 part-titles and 46 full-page emblems (mostly by Christoffel van Sichem after Boëtius à Bolswert). Each emblem with a Latin bible quotation. Ref. DBS IV::6. - BCNI 9887. - Landwehr 358. - STCV. Prov. Notes on endpapers & flyleaves, i.a. "Deesen Boec hoort toe C.M. De Mangheleer [...] 1723". - 2 ownership entries on title i.a. "Frederic Verachter" (1797-1870, librarian and archivist of the city of Antwerp). Joined: Drexelius, Hieremias, S.J. - De sonne-bloeme, ofte Overeenkominge van den menschelijcken wille met den goddelijcken. Leuven [= Haarlem], N. Braaw, 1701. 12mo: [20]-583 pp. Cont. vellum, flat spine. Dutch trsl. by Franciscus De Smidt of "Heliotropium seu Conformatio humanae voluntatiscum divina" (1628) by the popular Baroque Jesuit H. Drexel (1581-1638). Engr. ills: title & 5 full-page plates. Imprint on engr. title mentions "Antwerp, N. Braaw, 1701". Ref. DBS:VII:1313:10. - Landwehr 206. - BCNI 16046. - STCV. Prov. Ownership entry on front endpaper. (2 vol.)