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De Cruce libri tres. Ad sacram profanamque historiam utiles. Unà cum Notis. Editio ultima serio castigata.
Lutetia Parisiorum , Apud Christophorum Beys, Plantini Nepotem, via Iacobaea, sub signo Circini Aurei Coronati, 1598, in-8°, 136 pp + (4)nn pp (index) + (4)nn pp (blank). ( complete) With 20 copper engraved illustrations ( one full page ) and some wood-engraved vignets. Bound in somewhat later full calf with a raised spine with gilt decoration, marbled endpapers, edges painted red ( French 17th c. binding). One corner of the binding with some small loss of leather, interior with at some pages minor worming ( not interfering with the legibility nor the engravings). In all still a very good copy. This Paris edition by the son in law of the Antwerp printer-publisher Christophe Plantin appeared 4 years after the first authorised Plantin edition ( 1594 - Imhoff L-17 ). The son in law ( Beys ) based this edition entirely on the Antwerp imprint. At the end he even reprints the ''Approbatio'' which is signed by Henricus Cuyckius, Dean of the University of Louvain and Royal book censor, dated in Louvain 12th december 1592. USTC N° 146628 ..
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I: De Cruce. Libri tres. Ad sacram profanámque historiam utiles. Unà cum Notis. Editio ultima, seriò castigata. & II: Diva Virgo Hallensis. Beneficia eius & Miracula fide atque ordine descripta. & III: Diva Sichemiensis siue Aspricollis: Noua eius Ben... - [COLLECTION OF FOUR BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED PLANTIN-EDITIONS.]
All: Antwerpen, Plantin" I: Balthasar Moretus, 1639, II: Apud Viduam & Filios Io. Moreti, 1636, III:Apud Balthasarem Moretum, & Viduam Ioannis Moreti, & Io. Meursium, 1630, IV: Johannes Moretus, 1610. 4to. Bound together in one contemporary full vellum binding with handwritten title to spine. Old crossed-out owner's name to first title-page and a few leaves with a few tears and creases to upper margin, far from affecting text, otherwise all works are very nice and clean, in very fine condition. I: Beautiful engraved printer's devise to title-page, beautiful woodcut vignettes and initials, and 17 excellently executed large (one small) engravings in the text (one full-page), most of which depict crucifications, a few of which depict coins. Woodcut printer's devise to last leaf. 96, (8) pp.II: Beautiful engraved title-vignette, beautiful woodcut initials, and two excellent engraved plates. Woodcut printer's devise to last leaf. (8), 86, (10) pp.III: Beautiful engraved title-vignette, beautiful woodcut initials. Woodcut printer's devise to last leaf. (8), 69, (11) pp.IV: Beautiful engraved printer's devise to title-page, beautiful woodcut vignettes and initials, 1 full-page engraving, woodcut printer's devise to last leaf. (8), 121, (7) pp. + 2 large folded engraved maps (""Lovanium"" and ""Hervelea"").
