Live auction - Lot 1332
[Plantin Press - Binding]
Psalterium Davidis, cum canticis sacris & selectis aliquot orationibus.
Antwerp, Plantin Press (B. Moretus), 1639
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
8vo: 604-[9-1 bl.] pp. (occ. browning & spotting, a few ms. notes).
Contemp. Flemish blind-st. calf over wood, covers with blind-st. frame with birds & foliage, spine with raised bands, bevelled edges, 2 clasps & catches (corners bumped, spine rubbed, joints sl. starting to split). Very good copy in a nice binding.
Plantin Press edition of the Psalms. Engr. ill. on title. Woodcut mark at the end. Printed in red and black. On blank verso of last f. and 6 following blank pp. (4 pp. loose): ms. liturgical texts & rite directions in Dutch, with musical notation and Latin song texts, and titles "Het Clooster der novitien" and "Het professen der novitien".
Ref. BCNI 9253. - STCV (doesn't mention the last f. with woodcut Plantin mark).