Het leven vande Heylighe Maghet ende Moeder Godts Maria, princesse der maeghden. Met een cort tractaet vanden maeghdelijcken staet.

Leuven, Fr. Fabri for P.J. Paets (Amsterdam), 1629

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8vo: 112 ff. (title sl. soiled, staining, a few tears repaired, piece of ff. 25 & 50 torn out with loss of some text).

Contemp. calf, spine with 5 raised bands (front joint splitting).

Rare devotional work by H. Rosweyde (1569-1629), a collection of texts on Maria. Printed for Paets, a catholic printer in the Dutch Republic. Title within architectural woodcut border and many large woodcuts (50+) by Chr. van Sichem the Younger showing the life of Mary and other female Saints. Woodcut end- and headpieces. Printed within woodcut border, in roman and Gothic type.
Ref. BCNI 8149. - DBS VII:202:15. - STCV (only 1 complete copy).
Prov. Ms. entries on front flyleaf.