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[Devotion] [SPOELBERCH, Willem, O.F.M.] Handt-boecxken inhoudende den regel vande derde orden S. Francisci ghenoemt van penitentie. Veur de gene die in hunnen particuliere huysen willen in oodtmoedighe penitentie leven. Uytgesteld deur F.G.S.B. Minder-broeder. Antwerp, G. Lesteens, 12mo: 91-[pp. (sl. browning, title sl. soiled). Contemp. mottled calf, gilt spine with 4 raised bands (head repaired, joints splitting). Good copy. Extremely rare edition (2nd recorded copy?) of the rules of the Third Order of S. Francis, by the prolific Franciscan writer and preacher Willem Spoelberch (1569-1633). Woodcut on title. Ref. BCNI - Not in de le Court, Matagne (Namur), STCV, Opac KBR, Anet, UGent, Limo, USTC, WorldCat, BL, BnF, etc. Prov. 18th-c. ownership entry on upper flyleaf. Bound with: [Id.] - Triumph der heylighen vande derde orden S. Francisci ghenoemt van penitentie. Antwerp, G. Lesteens, 12mo: 119-[pp. (sl. browning, some soiling, blank margin of last f. strengthened). Very rare ed. of this work by the same Spoelberch, describing the lives of 8 important saints, incl. Louis IX (1214-Saint Louis), the only King of France to be canonised in the Catholic Church. Ill. with an engr. pl. on title and 8 large and rather fine engr. pl. showing the saints with their attributes. Ref. BCNI - STCV (1). - WorldCat (1). - Not in de le Court, Anet, USTC, etc.