Sacrum sanctuarium crucis et patientiae crucifixorum et patientiae crucifixorum et cruciferorum.

8vo: [24-front. incl.]-678-[19-1 bl.] pp.

Contemp. calf (some sm. def. on covers, some restored), gilt orn. spine on 5 raised bands (joints rubbed). Good copy.

First edition of this devotional emblem book on Christ's Cross by the Spanish Jesuit Bivero (1572-1656), chaplain at the Spanish court in Brussels. Ill. with an engr. title, 5 text illustrations and 70 copperplate emblems (by Ch. de Mallery after A. Collaert). Woodcut mark at the end. Title in red and black.
Ref. Landwehr 64. - BCNI 8686. - DBS I:1525:7. - Funck 280. - Matagne (Namur) B-394. - STCV.
Prov. I.O. Van Bavegem (stamp on flyleaf).