Author: Ponte, Ludovicus de
Title: Der zielen lust-hof, inhoudende 1.Het leven ende lijden onses Heeren Iesu Christi, met meditatien daer op. 2. De Wercken der Apostelen. 3.De Open-baringe van St. Ian
Description: [Loven, Isbrandt Jacobsz, 1629.] Kl 8vo With about 300 woodcuts, mostly by the then very popular artist Christoffel van Sichem jr. after Albrecht Dürer, Jan van der Straet, a.o.) l Attractive contemporary gilt tooled calf binding with raised bands . Titlepage and its verso added in photocopy. Rare. The Leuven printer Isbrandt Jacobszoon is a fictional name used by the Amsterdam publisher-printer Pieter Jakobsz. Paets, who worked closely with Christopher van Sichem the Younger (1586-1658). Paets thus escaped the censorship of the Remonstrant rulers. The prayer book was intended for the Catholic community in the Netherlands. Lacks the titlepage.

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