Cornelius a Lapide - Commentari al Cantico dei Cantici. [In folio] - 1694

A Lapide Cornelius. Commentarius in Canticum Canticorum. Antwerp by Henricum & Cornelium Verdussen, 1694. Beautiful seventeenth‑century edition of the Commentaries on the famous Canticle of Canticles by the distinguished Flemish theologian and oriental scholar. A complete and detailed commentary on the major biblical text on love of any kind—mystical and divine, Platonic or sensual—as a symbolic transfiguration of the union between God and His people. The work, divided into five parts plus a final Compendium, describes and explains the meaning of the verses of the love poem in an accessible and clear way for all readers. Text in two columns. Fine full leather binding of the period. Title in a gold label on the spine. Spine with raised cords, entirely decorated with gold tooling. Printer’s mark engraved on the frontispiece. Large Memento Mori vignette on the colophon. Splendid illustrated tailpieces in woodcut. Dimensions 34x22, pages 10nn, 376, 30nn. Excellent condition.