De vita Cartusiana libri duo [...]. Accessit iam primo Arnoldus Borstius de illustribus aliquot eiusdem ordinis viris.

8vo: [16]-855-[2-1 bl.], [14]-58 pp. (toned, stain in inner margin of 1st quires).

Contemp. blind-decorated overl. vellum, flat spine with paper label (front joint splitting at tail, ties gone). Good copy.

Rare Cologne ed. of a treatise on the Carthusian Order by Pierre Cousturier (Sutor, d. 1537). It is followed by a survey of famous Carthusians by a 15th-c. Ghent Carthusian. Engr. title. Woodcut mark on part title.
Ref. VD17 12:113685Y.
Prov. Marienburg Charterhouse, Weddern, near Dülmen (1476-1804, the only Charterhouse in Westphalia - "Pertinet ad Cartusiam Wedderdanam prope Dulmaniam" on front flyleaf).
Joined: Directorium novitiorum Ordinis Cartusiensis. [Neuville sous Montreuil], "Typis Cartusiae Sanctae Mariae de Pratis", 1879. xi-[5]-172 pp. (toned). Contemp. mottled sheep (rubbed). (2 vol.)