Het duyfken in de steen-rotse dat is, eene mede-lydende siele op de bittere passie Jesu Christi mediterende. VII. druck rycker van stoffe, van beelden, en van poësie.

8vo: [14]-365-[2] pp. (tiny wormtrack in blank margin of ff. C1-3 expertly repaired, bound a bit tight).

Mod. blind-st. leather "à l'ancienne", gilt-orn. spine with raised bands. Very good copy.

7th ed. of a devotional emblem book by the Jesuit A. Poirters (1605-1674). Engr. ill.: title, 14 large emblems and 5 sm. ill. by J. Neefs. Interesting copy: 1. Typographic & engraved title printed on recto & verso of 1 leaf, whereas normally they are printed on 2 separate leaves. - 2. Piece of old binder's waste (13 x 8 cm) bound with at the end. Fragment of Genesis 36-37 from a (late medieval?) Bible ms. on vellum, with a green 3-line initial.
Ref. Landwehr (LC) 671. - Emblem Books Leiden 413. - Praz 460. - BCNI 15425. - Cp. DBS VI:930-931:7. - STCV.
Prov. Old ms. entries on front flyleaf.