Virorum illustrium ex ordine eremitarum D. Augustini elogia [...].

4to: [xvi, incl. engr. title]-288 pp., 30 pl. (marg. soiling, some fox., err. pag., upper margin of engr. title cut short and shaving picture).

Later black shagreen, gilt flat spine, gilt edges (worn, some def., esp. spine).

First and only edition of a collection of 30 portraits of eminent members of the Order of St. Augustine, engraved by Cornelis Galle after drawings of Jacques Franquart, invariably linked to a biography of the person. The author Corneille De Corte (Brussels ca. 1590-1637 Waasmunster), highly valued by Emperor Ferdinand II, served as prior of the convents of his order in Ingolstadt, Vienna and Prague and as general vicar of Bavaria and Austria.
Ref. Funck 299. - Biogr. nat. IV:908-909. - STCV.
Prov. B. De Coster pr. (ownership entry). - Libr. stamp.