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Three Dutch devotional books from Ghent, Author/Illustrator: varia, Book title: 3 devotieboeken uit Gent, dating from 1712 to 1796, with mixed bindings and overall sound condition.
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Jeremias Drexel
The Sunflower, or the Correspondence of the Human Will with the Divine. Translated from Latin… into the Dutch tongue by… Franciscus De Smidt.
Ghent: Bernard Poelman, [1796]; (8)+527+(5) pp, frontispiece & 5 engravings outside the text
Contemporary leather binding (14x9 cm; worn especially spine & corners), ex-library stamps, small tear in the frontispiece, some rust stains but overall fairly clean
'approval' is dated 1796;
Jeremias Drexel / Hieremias Drexelius (1581-1638) German Jesuit, preacher at the court in Munich; wrote several devotional books; this book is a translation of ‘Heliotropium seu confirmatio humanae voluntatis cum divina’ (Antwerp 1627)
Franciscus De Smidt (1576-1659) Jesuit from Antwerp & Lier who translated many religious texts
Des Mahis
The Truth of the Catholic Faith, demonstrated from Holy Scripture… with a brief account of the miraculous conversion, devout life, and peaceful death of the said lord Des Mahis
Ghent, Cornelis Meyer, 1712; 516+(10) pp
Contemporary leather binding (18x11 cm, signs of wear, defect at the top of the spine), rust stains, burn hole on p. 501
Narrative of the 'converted' author Marin Grostête sieur des Mahis in translation by Adrianus Van Loo
Ludovicus Meyere
Meditations on the whole passion, and death of Christ…
The third edition… fourth part
Ghent, Cornelis Meyer, 1715; 772+[14] pp
Calf leather binding (17.5x11 cm; wear, front hinge split), slight discoloration but overall clean inside, signatures of previous owners.
Ludovicus/Louis Meyere (1654-1719) Dominican priest active in Ghent
Jeremias Drexel
The Sunflower, or the Correspondence of the Human Will with the Divine. Translated from Latin… into the Dutch tongue by… Franciscus De Smidt.
Ghent: Bernard Poelman, [1796]; (8)+527+(5) pp, frontispiece & 5 engravings outside the text
Contemporary leather binding (14x9 cm; worn especially spine & corners), ex-library stamps, small tear in the frontispiece, some rust stains but overall fairly clean
'approval' is dated 1796;
Jeremias Drexel / Hieremias Drexelius (1581-1638) German Jesuit, preacher at the court in Munich; wrote several devotional books; this book is a translation of ‘Heliotropium seu confirmatio humanae voluntatis cum divina’ (Antwerp 1627)
Franciscus De Smidt (1576-1659) Jesuit from Antwerp & Lier who translated many religious texts
Des Mahis
The Truth of the Catholic Faith, demonstrated from Holy Scripture… with a brief account of the miraculous conversion, devout life, and peaceful death of the said lord Des Mahis
Ghent, Cornelis Meyer, 1712; 516+(10) pp
Contemporary leather binding (18x11 cm, signs of wear, defect at the top of the spine), rust stains, burn hole on p. 501
Narrative of the 'converted' author Marin Grostête sieur des Mahis in translation by Adrianus Van Loo
Ludovicus Meyere
Meditations on the whole passion, and death of Christ…
The third edition… fourth part
Ghent, Cornelis Meyer, 1715; 772+[14] pp
Calf leather binding (17.5x11 cm; wear, front hinge split), slight discoloration but overall clean inside, signatures of previous owners.
Ludovicus/Louis Meyere (1654-1719) Dominican priest active in Ghent
Details
Number of books
3
Subject
Religion
Book title
3 devotieboeken uit Gent
Author/ Illustrator
varia
Condition
Mixed / Multiple
Publication year oldest item
1712
Publication year youngest item
1796
Edition
Other edition
Language
Dutch
Original language
No
Number of pages
1852
