Triomph der pausen van Roomen [...].

3 vol., sm. folio; 244 pl. (some spotting).

Contemp. calf, gilt orn. spine with raised bands and labels (worn).

First and only ed. of this history on the popes by the Jesuit C. Hazart (1617-1690). Ill. with 3 engr. titles, 131 engr. pl. figuring portraits of popes and 2 folding pl. reproducing antique and medieval scripts. Title of vol. I printed in red and black.
Ref. STCV. - DBS IV:192 (66).
Prov. H. Stevart, canon of Mechelen (ms. note: bought at Stevart's auction in 1751, n. 37 of the catalogue). - Albert-Philippe-Charles de Vaernewyck (1762-1841), lawyer of the Great Council of Mechelen (armorial bookpl.).
Joined: Baronius, Caesar - Generale kerckelycke historie van de gheboorte onses H. Jesu Christi tot het iaer M.DC.XXIV. [...]. vermeerdert met eene besondere Kerckelycke historie van Neder-landt [...]. Antwerp, J. Cnobbaert, 1623. Contemp. marbled calf (rubbed, with def.). Engr. ill.: title by L. Vorsterman after Rubens, 2 folding pl. by C. de Mallery depicting sm. portraits of popes and emperors. Only vol. I (of II). Ref. STCV. (5 vol.)