Les divines opérations de Jésus, dans le coeur d'une âme fidelle.

12mo: [28, front. incl.]-77 (= 78) pp. (wormhole throughout in the outer margin).

Brown morocco by Belz-Niédrée, spine on raised bands, double gilt fillet on the borders, dentelles inside, gilt marbled edges (a few light wears).

First edition. Nicely illustrated by Anton Wierix with 1 frontispiece and 19 emblematic copperplates in the text from the series "Cor Jesus amanti sacrum". Each emblem accompanied by a biblical quotation, 6-line Latin verse, French verse and with a French prose commentary. G. de Mello (1620-1680) was priest and canon of Notre-Dame in Nantes. Ref. Landwehr, Romanic, 506. - Châtelain n° 83 (mentioned in the article of the "Cor Jesu amanti sacrum"). - Barbier I:1100 (author erroneously named Gabriel). - Biogr. univ. LXXIII:426.- Not in Praz. Joined: HUGO, Herman.- Goddelycke wenschen verlicht met sinne-beelden, ghedichten en vierighe uy-spraecken der oud-vaders [...]. Antwerp, Aertssens, 1629, 8vo, 19th-c. half calf (marginal dampstains, sl. trimmed, covers rubbed, upper joint split and lower one partly). First Dutch translation. Illustrated with 48 plates: title, 1 coat-of-arms and 46 full-page emblems (mostly by Christoffel van Sichem after Boëtius à Bolswert). Each emblem with a Latin Bible quotation. Ref. DBS IV:518:6. - Landwehr, LOC, 357. - Praz 376-379. - BCNI 8001. (Together 2 works)