Author: BLOSIUS, LUDOVICUS
Title: Igniarivm Divini amoris sev Precationes piæ ex operibvs V.P. Ludovici Blosii abbatis lætiensis excerptae
Description: Antwerp (Antverpiae), ex officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1635, 12mo., full leather binding, ribbed spine, [22]+379+[15] pp., worn condition with uncovered spine (just a few pieces of leather remain), loose back cover, some stains, and pencil markings, beautiful printwork on the inside with framed text pages, religious engraving on the titlepage, lovely illustrated woodcut initals and endpieces, with a full page engraving depicting the crucifixion with the three Marys. The book closes with a woodcut vignette with the motto: Labore et Constantia. This motto was used by the printer Christophe Plantin (ca. 1520-1589) and translates as "through hard work and perseverance". The Plantin Press at Antwerp was one of the focal centers of the fine printed book in the 16th century and continued printing until 1867. Jan Moretus (1543-1610) became Plantin's assistant, his son-in-law and eventually his successor. Today the printhouse is known as Museum Plantin-Moretus and can be visited. Handwritten ex libris on the titlepage: Lov. S. Theol. Hubertus (?) 1803. About the author: Abbot Louis de Blois, O.S.B., (October 1506 - 7 January 1566) was a Flemish monk and mystical writer, generally known under the name of Blosius.

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