Petrus Opmeer / Jan van de Velde (II), naar Jacob Matham - [RARE MARTYR PRINT-BOOK] Het Nederlands Catholyk Martelaars-boek. o.a. Martelaren Corcum - 1700

Petrus Opmeer - The Dutch Catholic Martyr Book - first and only edition - part 2 - Antwerp, Petrus Pratanus, 1700 - (28) + 362 pp. - 19th century half-linen binding - 16 x 11 cm

Condition: very good - very neat binding; clean, fresh and white pages (front with a small water spot in the top corner, various small spots and light smudges, otherwise neat and clean paper!).

Equipped with title engravings, 2 full-page copper engravings of Saints, and 5 full-page copper engravings of historic martyr scenes.

Extremely rare martyr-book! First and only edition.

Collectors-item!

In 1700 the Dutch Catholic Martyr Book saw the light, compiled by the Delft priest Petrus Opmeer. It describes the fates of martyrs who, for the Catholic faith, were cruelly slain both in times of the wild heathens and by the reformist sects.

Petrus Opmeer (1526-1594) was a Dutch-Catholic historian. After his death, his son, who is also named Petrus, translated the manuscript into Latin in 1625. A Dutch translation followed only in 1700.