Author: Griffet s.j., H. (attributed to)
Title: Histoire des hosties miraculeuses, qu'on nomme le trs-saint Sacrement de Miracle, qui se conserve Bruxelles depuis l'an 1370, & dont on y clbre tous les cinquante ans l'anne jubilaire.
Description: Bruxelles, Chez J. Van den Berghen, Libraire & Imprimeur, 1770 8vo (18x11 cm). Contemporary calf, title-label on spine (gilt faded; spine and corners rubbed). 124 pp. and at the end: 'Approbation' (1 p.), 'Privilge de Marie-Thrse, 1767' (3 pp.) and 'Privilge Marie-Thrse, 1768'. With folding frontispiece, 18 numbered engravings by Fruijtiers, large folding woodengraving "Vritable reprsentation du trs-saint Sacrement de Miracle", and at the end 7 other folding engravings by Fruijtiers. - Together with 27 engravings complete. - Convent-stamp on title, stamped numbers on fly-leaves, but on the whole a good copy. - The name of the printer added in his handwriting, but scratched out. - The work describes the legend of the 'juifs profanateurs d'hosties consacres', the rituals, the feasts, the processions and the miracles. Gewicht/Weight: 250 grs.

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