‎BALDUINUS (BAUDOUIN), Benoit (?-1632).‎
‎Calceus antiquus et mysticus, et Jul. Nigronus de caliga veterum.‎

‎Leiden, Theodor Haak, 1711. 2 parts in 1 volume 12° (163x95 mm). [48] (incl. engraved frontispece), 292, [32]; 156, [12] pp. Titles printed in red and black each with engraved device, frontispiece engraved by H. Bary and 29 engraved plates (some folding). Contemporary vellum gilt with double fillets and the coat of arms of the city of Rotterdam. Binding slightly dust-soiled and rubbed.‎

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‎Baudouin was the son of a cobbler and also learned his father's trade. He graduated from the University of Paris and later headed the Collège de Troyes. His Calceus antiquus et mysticus is a treatise on ancient footwear first published in Paris in 1615, then together with De caliga veterum by Giulio Negrone (1553-1625) at Amsterdam in 1667. The present third edition was prepared by Joan Frederik Nilant (1680-1757). A good copy in a Dutch prize binding of the Schola Erasmiana (Rotterdam) with a inscription to Adriaan Oudemans (1715-1789), who was to become a priest and Neo-Latin poet. Colas 200; Lipperheide Bc. 5; Hiler/Hiler 70; De Backer-Sommervogel V, 1616. ‎