Sponsus sanguinum ofte Den bloedighen bruydegom onser zielen [...].

12mo: [32 (engr. title incl.)]-211-[1] pp.; 20 (of 21) pl. (front. soiled, torn with some marg. loss and reinforced with a leaf of strong paper, toned, marg. (damp)staining, occ. soiling, some old underlining).

Contemp. calf, gilt orn. spine with raised bands, red leather label, sp. edges (rubbed, def. on turn-ins, spine sl. cracked, dulled corners).

First edition of this very successful devotional treatise on the Lord’s Passion by a parish priest in St Martin’s Church of Ekkergem (Ghent). Ill. with 1 front. and 20 plates (pl. of the 5th Station missing) engr. by Carolus Collaert. Printed in Gothic type.
Ref. Funck 415. - STCV 3110591. - BCNI 7300.
Bound with, same author, editor and date: Thalamus Sponsi oft t' Bruydegoms Beddeken [...]. [4 (engr. title incl.)]-318-[6] pp. (f. 2X1 with privilege missing, tear without loss on 2 last ff.). First ed. orn. with an engr. title by C. Collaert. Ref. STCV 3108127. - BCNI 7301.
Prov. "vive les amans [...]/ de jesu christ" (ms. mention on 1st title with sm. loss). - Libr. label.
Joined, same format: Andries, Judocus - Perpetua crux Iesu Christi a puncto incarnationis ad extremum vitae [...]. Item perpetuus gladius Reginae martyrum [...]. Antwerp, C. Woons, 1652. 275-[1] pp. (marg. water stains on 1st ff.). Contemp. black morocco, flat spine, a.e.g. (some quires somewhat disbound). New collected ed. of 3 devotional compagnon works by a Jesuit author. Contains a general title and 3 separate titles. Ill. with ca. 90 nice engravings (mostly full-page) in-text after the Brussels artist Antoon Sallaert. Ref. DBS I:379:23. - BCNI 10837. - STCV 12917732. Prov. Dorg. [?] Höpfer (ms. entry with motto "ce que [sic] il espere est eternel"). - C. Valentyns, 1814 (ms. entry). - Library label. (2 vol.)