Opera omnia [ed. Jacobus Froius].

Folio: [8]-817-[3] pp. (margins of t.-p. and a few other strengthened, dampstains - some large -, some stains, tears to pp. 131 and 615 without loss, foxing on p. 643, small hole in p. 659, marginal wormhole at the end, soiling to some pp.).

17th-c. sheep, gilt decorated spine on raised bands (numerous scratches, some with def., joints split, head lacking, small ink stains, corners bumped).

First edition of the collected works, edited by Jacobus Froius, of the famous mystical Benedictine abbot of Liessies Louis de Blois (1506-1566). He was educated together with Charles V by the later pope Hadrian VI. Large mark on title. Ref. Pettegree NB 5219. - BT 326. - Ind. Aur.119.964. - BCNI 3110. - Adams B-2111. - Not in STC Dutch, BN Paris, etc. Prov. Abbey of Waulsort, Hastière (Belgium) (ms. entry). - Extensive ms. biography of Blois in French on front flyleaf. - Mod. bookpl.