Reiettons sacrés pullulants de la palme triumphante des premiers martyrs de l'ordre dit des frères eremites de S. Augustin.

8vo: engr. title-[64] ff.; 27 pl. (some spotting and occ. sm. stains, sm. tabs pasted in).

Contemp. vellum, blind-st. boards, flat spine (sl. toned, head sl. damaged, closing ties gone, endpapers renewed).

First edition of this hagiography of the first Augustinian Hermits, written by the Walloon Augustinian G. Maigret (1573-1633). Ill. with a nicely engr. title and 27 pl. of saints engr. by Adriaen Collaert.
Ref. De Theux 54-55.
Prov. Jean Chapeaville (1551-1617), vicar of Liège and inquistor of the Faith, writer, editor and curiously also the censor who signed the imprimatur approving the printing of this book. Ref. Florilège du livre en principauté de Liège du IXe au XVIIIe siècle, p. 131 (ms. entry verso G8). - "Congrégation de N.D. à Trèves" (old ms. entry on title).