Live veiling - Lot 797
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Flammulae amoris S.P. Augustini versibus et iconibus exornatae.
Antwerp, H. Aertssens, 1639
€ 100 / 150
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Beschrijving lot
8vo: [24]-286-[1] pp. (some browning, engr. title sl. cut short on top).
Contemp. overl. vellum, flat spine (rubbed).
Rare second edition of this emblematical work by the Augustinian teacher M. Hoyer (1593-1650). Ill. with an engr. title and 29 full-page engr. pl. by W. Collaert illustrating the confessions of Saint Augustine, captions in Latin underneath.
Ref. BCNI 9220. - Landwehr (Low Countries) 343. - Praz, pp. 375/6.
Prov. Gustave Charles Antoine Marie Van Havre (1817-1892), Belgian politician (armorial bookpl. on pastedown). - Verachter (ms. entry on title). - Two other entries erased.