Live auction - Lot 56
[Flemish]
D. Catharinae Senensis virginis SSMAE. Ord. Praedicatorum vita ac miracula selectiora formis aeneis expressa.
Antwerp, Philips Galle, 1603
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
4to: [7-1 bl. incl. front. & portr.] pp., [32] ff., [7-1 bl.] pp. (missing pl. 22 & 23, disbound and loosening bookblock).
Contemp. calf over wood, central gilt IHS monogram on covers within gilt-ruled borders and cornerpieces, clasps and catches (binding def. lacking large parts of leather and spine).
32 (of 34) engravings: title with 8 sm. portraits, full-page portrait of St Catharine of Siena and 30 numb. pl. by Cornelis Galle illustrating her life and miracles. Printed commentary by Michael Ophovius. Our copy has 6 text ff., as much as the 2 different editions in STCV together: foreword and dedication in Latin (2 ff.) and the life of Catherine in Dutch (4 ff.). Latin plate captions underneath each plate.
Ref. BCNI 4957. - Simoni (BL) O-19. - STCV 6619615 (2 complete copies) & 12922821 (1). - Hollstein VII.78.241-274. - New Hollstein (Philips Galle) R12.
Prov. Several ms. entries.