Eenen gheestelijcken berch/ alle menschen profijtelijck/ int cort begrijpende veel poincten claerlijck uutgheleyt [...]. [And] DE WITTE, Adriaen - Een gheesteliic vermaeckelijck cloosterken ghenaemt Hemelvaert. Alle menschen dienende ende profiitelick.

2 parts in 1 vol., 8vo: [132] ff. (incl. final blank r8; staining in bottom corner).

Contemp. Flemish blind-stamped calf over wood, expertly rebacked and sm. parts repaired with mod. leather and orig. spine pasted on, spine with raised bands, bevelled edges, 2 clasps & catches, blue edges (some sm. def., clasps and lower flyleaf gone). Good copy.

2 works mostly bound together, with continuous quire signatures.
1. Second enl. and corr. ed. of this devotional work by A. Adriaensens (1530-1581), one of the first Jesuits of the Low Countries. The work was also publ. in 4to at the same time. Gothic type. Ref. BT 23. - STC Dutch (BL) 1. - Pettegree (NB) 82. - DBS I:57-58:3. - BCNI 3104. - Cp. BB I:10-11:A-61. - Not in Adams.
2. First ed. of the only work by the short-lived Jesuit A. de Witte, edited by A. Adriaensens. Mark on title. Gothic type. Ref. DBS VIII:1183:1. - BCNI 3153. - Cp. BB V:871:W-41 (1577 ed.).
Bound with, same location, printer and date: Adriaensens, A. - Dry suyverliicke tractaetkens/ allen menschen gheestelijcke ende weerlijcke seer nut ende profijtelijck. Waer af het eerste sprekende is van het werckende leven. Het tweede/ van tijttelijcke dinge[n] oft goet/ met oock van des menschen sterffelijck lichaem. Ende het derde/ van wercken der bermherticheyt. [92] ff. (incl. final blank m4). 2nd ed. (1st 1567) of this work by Adriaensens. Gothic type. Ref. BT 20. - Pettegree (NB) 80. - DBS I:57:2. - BB I:9:A-59. - BCNI 3106. - Not in STC Dutch (BL), Adams.
Prov. Van Seghbroeck, Leuven, 1789 (ms. entry on front flyleaf).