"4. Antwerpen, By de Weduwe van Petrus Jacobs, in de corte Nieuw-straet, 1731, sm. in-12°, 190 + (2) pp, contemporary leather, gilt decorated raised spine, speckled edges, handwritten ex-libris on the first pastedown ; ""desen boeck hoort toe aen Suster Anna catherina pennenberghs arme Claris in de blindestraet tot Antwerpen"". Stamped over with a circular stamp of the ''Zwartzusters - Antwerpen''. Blosius was abbot of the Benedictine monastery at Liesse in Belgium."
[Ex Officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti [Balthasar Moretus ]] - BLOIS, Louis de ; [ BLOSIUS, Ludovicus ] ; (DE WINGHE, Antoine )
Reference : 64626
(1632)
Cura et studio R. D. Antonii De Winghe Abbatis et Monachorum eiusdem Monasterii aucta ornata illustrata, 1 vol. in-folio relure de l'époque pleine basane marron, dos à 6 nerfs orné, Ex Officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti [Balthasar Moret ], Antverpiae [ Anvers ], 1632, C-820 pp. (dont titre gravé) et 38 ff. n. ch.
Moine bénédictin, abbé de l'abbaye de Liessies, Louis de Blois-Châtillon (1506-1566) fut l'ami personnel de Charles-Quint. Grand réformateur, il anticipe sur le Concile de Trente, et développe une véritable synthèse de la mystique rhénane ; ses oeuvres spirituelles ont fait connaître à Sainte Thérèse d'Avila la mystique de Gertrude d'Helfta. Cette édition des oeuvres de Louis de Blois, abbé de Liessies, est précédée d'une "Vita Venarabilis Domini Ludovici Blosii" par Antoine de Winghe, également abbé de Liessies. Etat très satisfaisant (petits accrocs avec mq. en coiffes, coins frottés, épidermures et petits mq. de cuir en plats, trois cahiers centraux faibles, bon état par ailleurs). Brunet, I, 976
" Salisburgi (Salzburg), Typius Joannis Baptistae Mayr, 1664, small in-12°, 8,5 x 5 cm, xiv nn + 94 nn pp, index, contemporary vellum with brass clasp, stamp on front paste down. Blosius, O.S.B. (+1566), is described as ""Monasterij Laetensis (Liessies near Cambrai), Ord. S. Benedicti in Hannonis Abbatis"". This editon follows the 1632 one by Antonius De Winghe, abbot of the same monastery, and his monks."
Bruxellis, typis F. Foppens, 1741, in-12°, 13 x 8 cm, engraved frontispiece portrait, title + 238 pp + (2)(index), contempory mottled calf, smooth decorated back, joints weak, back damaged with some loss of leather.
BOLLAND Johannes ( Bollandus ) ( editor ) - [ ] Franciscus Ludovicus BLOSIUS - Charles LHOMME à Liessies ( provenance ) :
Reference : 55154
" Antverpiae ( Antwerpen ) , typis Fr. Canisius, 1650, small in-4°, (204 mm ), (14) nn pp (including a frontispiece portrait ; title with engraved vignet ) + 184 pp. (complete). Bound in 19th c. richly gilt decorated red chagrin. all edges gilt. The previous 19th c. owner: Charles Lhomme of Liessies enriched the copy with another portrait of Blosius ( a photo-engraving after Galle) and several small albumine prints of the abbey of Liesses. Louis Blosius (1506 - 1566) was the abbott of the Benedictine abbey of Liesses (Northern France, nearly completely demolished after the Revolution). He was very influential and a personal friend of Charles V (Charles Quint). The Lhomme family acquired the abbey after 1791 and gradually destroyed most of its buildings. Charles had this copy bound around 1890. Loosely inserted is a three page letter (with the printed letter head of Ch. Lhomme) IThe letter describes, in French, the life of Liesses' most famous abbott: Blosius. Very fine copy. On handling this copy one can not fail to feel the nostalgia which inspired the present owner of the abbey to enrich the book with pictures and a letter; nearly 100 years after the abbey was destructed."