Live auction - Lot 1399

[Brussels - Sacrament of Miracle]

CAFMEYER, Pierre de

Hooghwerdighe historie van het alder-heylighste sacrament van mirakel [...]. Verciert met schoone copere figuren. Eersten druck.

Brussels, G. De Backer, 1720

€ 200 / 250

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2 parts in 1 vol., folio: [12]-48, [2]-70 pp.; 40 pl. (some marg. tears, one in pl. p. 20 of pt. II without lack, occ. soiling, 1st fold. pl. and pp. 13-14 of pt. II slightly age-toned).

Contemp. mottled sheep, gilt orn. spine with raised bands (rubbed, lack of leather to lower cover).

First edition of the account of the Sacrament of Miracle, (antisemitic) legend about sacrilegious attacks by Jews on the sacred Hosts in 1369. Profusely illustrated with remarkable architecture plates (some signed by Harrewijn and Krafft): 20 etched plates in armorial Rococo woodcut borders, 19 etched plates representing triumphal arches (1 with "Manneken-Pis"; 4 folding), 1 woodcut plate and 1 woodcut in text.
Ref. BCNI 17688. - Knuttel 58-59 (without fold. pl. in pt. 1 and 1st and 2nd "vervolgh"). - Opac KBR.
Prov. Clara Philippina De Backer (ms. ownership entry on last page).

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Lot 1399

Hooghwerdighe historie van het alder-heylighste sacrament van mirakel [...]. Verciert met schoone copere figuren. Eersten druck.

CAFMEYER, Pierre de

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