S. Pierre premier pape, institué par Jesus-Christ, et tous ses legitimes successeurs iusques à Innocent X. inclusivement. [...] Avec leurs pourtraicts naturels.

4to: [4]-917-[45] pp. (lacking blank Z4; toned, minor spotting or staining).

Contemp. calf (rubbed, corners bumped), gilt spine with 4 raised bands (rubbed, joints rubbed, front joint starting to split), brown leather title label. Good copy.

New edition of "Histoire pontificale" (1600) by the Liège Augustinian Theology Doctor J.B. de Glen (1552-1603), with a new title, a new preface and update to the pontificate of Innocent X (1644-1655). Ill. with woodcut portraits of all 240 popes, each portrait within woodcut border and probably cut by the brother of the author - except for the last 5. "Les [...] portraits laissent beaucoup à désirer" (de Theux 30). Woodcut endpieces.
Ref. de Theux 174. - Opac KBR. - Not in Matagne (Namur).
Prov. Old ownership entries on front flyleaf, i.a. "Mijn heer Matthys onder pastoor van Eeverbeke".