Live veiling - Lot 1413
[Devotion - Aachen]
De nieuwe geopende schat-camer op den 10. julii, van het heylighdom des koninghlijcken stoels ende koninghs kercke van Onse Lieve Vrouwe binnen de keyserlijcke vrye ryckx-stadt Aken.
Aachen, J. Houben, 1734
€ 150 / 200
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Beschrijving lot
12mo: 70 [= 68] pp. (A1 or A2 missing, blank?).
Contemp. blue wrappers. Good copy.
Extremely rare ed. (1st recorded copy?) of this work on the holy relics and the medieval treasury of Aachen Cathedral, i.a. the famous "Marienschrein" and the Shrine of Charlemagne. With additional information on the interior of the Cathedral, how the relics came to the city and how they should be shown and venerated during the septennial Aachen pilgrimage.
Ref. Not in STCN (2 later ed. by W. Houben), VD18, WorldCat (J. Houben, 1741), Opac KBR, BnF, BL, NUC, etc.
Prov. Alfons Thys (mod. bookpl.).