Commentariolus de vitae ratione et martyrio octodecim Cartusianorum qui in Anglia sub rege He[n]rico VIII. ob Ecclesiae defensionem ac nefari schismatis detestationem crudeliter truncati sunt [...]. Una cum noua Historica relatione duodecim Martyrum Cartusianorum Ruremundensium qui anno M.D.DXXII. [!] angonem [!] suum compleuerunt auctore V.P. Arnoldo Havensio priore Cartusiae Gandensis.

8vo: [14]-111-[1 bl.], [16]-77-[3] pp.

Cont. limp vellum, flat spine with gilt (later) leather labels, sp. edges (labels sl. loosening). Nice copy.

Rare Ghent re-issue of the original Cologne ed. by B. Walter under the title “Innocentia et constantia victrix”. Accounts by the Carthusian of the Sheen Charterhouse (moved from London to Bruges) Chauncy (1509-1581) of the death of English Carthusians who refused to take the Oath of Supremacy in 1535 and by the Dutch Carthusian Havensius (1540-1610) of the death of Carthusian Martyrs of Roermond in 1572. Ill. with a double-page engr. (preliminary quire) and 2 full-page engrs. Woodcut device on part-title. Ref. Allison/Rogers 239 (ext. descr.). - BCNI 5345 (orig. title) & 5367 (Havensius). - Bibl. gant. 477. - Simoni (BL) C-91. - STCV 6623698. Prov. Old ownership entries on title (i.a. Mechelen Jesuits). - Libr. stamp. Joined: Dorlandus, Petrus, O.Carth. – Chronicon Cartusiense in quo de viris sui ordinis illustribus [...] pertractatur [ed.] Theodorus Petrejus. Cologne, P. Cholinus, 1608. 8vo: [24]-485 (= 487)-[1] pp. (usual toning and spotting). 19th-c. gilt quarter green morocco, marbled paper on covers, gilt titled spine on 4 raised bands, marbled endpapers (sl. tanned). Part 1, complete in itself, of a history of the Carthusian Order by the Diest monk Dorlandus (1454-1507), edited by Th. Petrejus (1567-1640). Woodcut mark on title. Libr. stamp and ticket. Ref. VD-17 23:2546612. - BCNI 5354. - Paisey (BL) D-622. (2 vol.)