Modus orandi Deum: in usum iuventutis & rudium quidem compositus, sed senioribus aeque necessarius.

Antwerp, Plantin Press (J. Moretus), 1610

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Lot description

24mo: 163-[3] pp. (title browned, sm. marg. stain in quires D-F).

Mod. boards, leather tab on last bl. f. Good copy.

Very rare edition (1st 1594) of this prayerbook by the Antwerp priest Hendrik de Coster (c. 1550-1618), printed after the death of J. Moretus. Ill. with 18 woodcuts in text. Woodcut printer's mark on title.
Ref. Imhof (Moretus) C-68 (note). - Not in BCNI, Simoni (BL), STCV, Anet.
Prov. "Cartusiae Buxianae", i.e. the famous Buxheim Charterhouse of Memmingen (Bavaria) (ownership entry and stamp on title).