Author: NUMAN Philippe ( ) - Historie Vande Miraculen - Scherpenheuvel - Velpius (editor) :
Title: Historie Vande Miraculen die onlanckx In grooten getale ghebeurt zyn / door die intercessie ende voorbidden van die Heylighe Maget Maria. Op een plaetse ghenoemt Scherpen-heuvel by de Stadt van Sichen in Brabant.
Description: .: 14. Brussel, Rutgeert Velpius, inden gulden Arent by t'Hoff, 1604, small in-8°, title with engraved vignette +(1)(bl) + (1)(vermaen totten Leser) + engraved frontispiece + (8)nn pp + 208 pp + (2)(approbatie) + (1)(printer's mark) + (1)(bl), modern marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine. First five leaves with old marginal waterstain, some pages with minor stains but a good/fine copy. Rare early account ( probably the very first !) in Dutch of the worship for the Virgin Mary which developed during the Counterreformation in Roman Catholic Brabant in the early 17th century. (See: STCV 3206781 B.C.N.I. nr. 5038). .

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