Institutio spiritualis [...]. Accessit Apologia pro D. Ioanne Thaulero, una cum breui Regula tyronis spiritualis.

8vo: [14]-122 (= 121)-[1] ff. (poor t.-p., some blank parts of title cut out).

Mod. blind-ruled calf with original gilt calf lower cover pasted on, gilt-titled spine, decor. endpapers. Very good copy.

Original ed. of the "introduction to mysticism" by the Benedictine abbot of Liessies L. Blosius (1506-1566), including a defense of the German mystic Johann Tauler (1300-1361). Printed in italics. Ref. BT 5275. - BCNI 2365. - Pettegree NB 5201. - Not in Adams, KBR, STC Dutch (BL). Prov. On f. 78v Bruges ownership entry, dated 1553: “Joh[ann]es baptista de Clerc [...] Can[onicus] [...] apud diua[m] Virginem Brugen[sem]” (and a few reader’s marks in his hand). - Old ownership entry on title (erased). - Libr. stamp (partly removed). - Blind initials "VB" on front cover. Joined: De Le Val, Guilielmus, O.S.A. – Oculus abbatum complectens quae regulariter ac communiter spectant, concernunt & decent tam praelatos quam eorum subditos [...]. Douai, J. de Spira, 1633. 8vo: 42 (= 444)-[12] pp. Cont. overl. vellum, flat spine titled in ink. Textbook for leaders of monastic communities, compiled by G. de Le Val (fl. 1622-1634), abbot of Cho(c)ques (French Flanders). Woodcut mark on title. Ref. Labarre 1911 (no copy!). - Not in BCNI, Goldsmith (BL). Prov. “Monasterij S. Andreae iuxta Brugas 1635” (17th-c. Bruges ownership entry at top of title). (2 vols)