Het wonder leven/ de kostelycke doodt, met het begrijp der mirakelen, &c. van de H. Rosa de S. Maria, van Lima in Peru.

8vo: [12 incl. ill.]-492-[2], 147-[1] pp. (corner of B6 torn with loss of some letters; some soiling).

Contemp. overl. vellum (soiled, ties gone, endpapers gone), flat spine. Good copy.

First and only edition of this life of the Dominican St Rose of Lima (1586-1617), patroness of Latin America and the Philippines, trsl. by J.B. Wouters (b. 1636). Ill. with a full-page engr. of St Rosa by T. van Merlen.
Ref. BCNI 12509. - STCV.
Joined: 1. [The same work]. Contemp. sheep (rubbed, corners bumped), gilt spine with 5 raised bands (rubbed, joints rubbed), brown leather title label. - 2. [Poirters, Adrianus, S.J.] - Het leven van de H. Maeghet Rosalia, patronerse teghen de peste. Antwerp, Widow & Heirs J. Cnobbaert, 1658. 8vo: [40]-222-[18] pp. (front. cut short at top shaving border; some staining, sm. wormtrack affecting some letters in quires E-M). Contemp. overl. vellum (used), flat spine titled in ink. Only ed. of this Life of St Rosalia, in prose and verse by the Dutch poet Poirters (1605-1647). Engr. title and 17 emblematical engr. by Fr. Bouttats after Ph. Fruytiers. Also issued with the imprint of C. Woons. Ref. DBS VI: 931:9. - BCNI 11459. - STCV. - Not in Landwehr. Prov. Michiel Moulaert (ownership entry on front board & title). - Libr. stamp on title. (3 vol.)