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Natalis, Hieronymus, SJ.
Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Description
- Adnotationes et meditationes in Evangelia quae in sacrosancto missae sacrificio toto anno leguntur... Editio ultima. Antwerp: Officina Plantiniana for Joannes Moretus, 1607
folio (331 x 230mm.), engraved title-page, woodcut initials, woodcut printer's device on final recto, 154 engraved plates by Wiericx, Collaert and de Mallery, contemporary vellum gilt, gilt spine and edges, title-page slightly shaved at head, occasional slight staining or browning, a few leaves offset, plate opposite p.262 with outer margin replaced, plate before p.275 repaired (not affecting image), plate opposite p.338 stained, binding chipped and soiled
Provenance
Franke Parker, inscription on flyleaf dated 11 April 1868; Bequeathed to the Bishopric of Cornwall by the Rev. Franke Parker, M.A., Rector of Luffincott, Devon, 1883, bookplate; Truro Cathedral Library, bookplate
Catalogue Note
These fine illustrations were originally issued in 1593 in Antwerp.