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'T Bosch der Eremyten ende Eremytinnen van AEgypten ende Palestinen, met Figuren van Abraham Blommaert, in coper ghesneden door Boetius a Bolswert: met cort verhael van eens yders leven ghetrocken uyt het Vaders-Boeck
by Heribert van Rosweyde (Boetius Adamsz Bolswert, Abraham Blommaert, illust.)
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No DJ
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Very Good HC. Text in Dutch (blackletter); tekst in het Nederlands (gotisch). Full contemporary vellum; untitled; raised bands on spine; red edges; 50 numbered full page copperplate engravings of Christian eremite saints (25 male, 25 female) printed recto with text pages verso; full page frontispiece for work as well as full page frontispiece for female section. Vellum in very good condition with some handling discoloration, remains supple; ties at cover fore edges lacking; tightly bound; few pencil notes on front pastedown; without free end papers; lacking frontispiece for male section (leaf A!; facsimile laid in); few leaves with light damp stains or soiling, mostly in margins, otherwise light and clean interior; one leaf (B3) with large chip at top fore corner not affecting portrait but with some text missing from marginal notation on verso (see photo); all leaves remain supple. 25 x 18 cm; 51 text pages; 50 numbered plates + 2 frontispiece plates; in 4s. Ref, OCLC #901301549.
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- Bookseller
- Madden Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18555
- Title
- 'T Bosch der Eremyten ende Eremytinnen van AEgypten ende Palestinen, met Figuren van Abraham Blommaert, in coper ghesneden door Boetius a Bolswert: met cort verhael van eens yders leven ghetrocken uyt het Vaders-Boeck
- Author
- Heribert van Rosweyde (Boetius Adamsz Bolswert, Abraham Blommaert, illust.)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hantvverpen (Antwerp): Hieronymus Verdussen
- Date Published
- 1619
- Keywords
- DUTCH, COPPERPLATE, ENGRAVERS, ENGRAVINGS, ARTISTS, CHRISTIANITY, SAINTS, EREMITES, HERMITS, MIRACLES
Terms of Sale
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About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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- Facsimile
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Raised Band(s)
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- Leaves
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