DREXEL, Jeremias. (1581-1638). Infernus damnatorum carcer et rogus aeternitatis pars II . Antwerp: Ioan. Cnobbarus, 1631.
DREXEL, Jeremias. (1581-1638). Infernus damnatorum carcer et rogus aeternitatis pars II . Antwerp: Ioan. Cnobbarus, 1631. 16 ° (100 x 43mm). Pagination: [xxvi], 353,[5]p. Engraved title and 9 full-page engraved illustrations. Late 18th-century blue morocco gilt [by Roger Payne?], finely tooled flower and leaf motifs with studded backgrounds on sides and spine, turn-ins with sprig at corners and fleurs-de-lys at sides, gilt and gauffeured edges, brown silk marker. Provenance : William Beckford (1760-1844; in the sale of his library removed from Hamilton Palace, 11 July 1882, lot 2625: ‘blue morocco extra’ [one of two]; printed note by Bernard Quaritch, stating it was their purchase at the sale, tipped in). First published at Cologne in 1623. Drexel’s work on the tortures of hell is likely to have been of strong interest to Beckford. Drexel, a Jesuit, was for 23 years preacher in Munich to Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, and his consort Elizabeth of Lorraine, to whom the work is dedicated. This edition not in OCLC. De Backer-Sommervogel III, p. 195, no. 15. Rodomontades Espagnolles ... avec des figures representants les moeurs des Espagnols . Rouen: Jacques Caillüé, 1650. 12° (126 x 75mm). In Spanish with French translation by Jacques Gaultier final part in French only. 16 woodcuts. (Title holed with loss of one letter and repaired, cropping to D2 and K2 causing loss of catch-letters, a few other leaves more slightly cropped.) Earlier 18th-century red morocco gilt, triple fillet on sides, flat spine with longitudinal green morocco label and repeated fleuron, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt and marbled edges. Provenance : William Beckford (Hamilton Palace sale, 7 July 1883, lot 1423: ‘title mended, red morocco’) – later 19th-century note tipped in, declaring that ‘The picture drawn … of a Spanish gentleman is not an attractive one’. A rare work. The woodcuts are contained in the final part, ‘Les Emblesmes et Moeurs des Espagnols’. Palau 272172; not in Landwehr or Praz.
DREXEL, Jeremias. (1581-1638). Infernus damnatorum carcer et rogus aeternitatis pars II . Antwerp: Ioan. Cnobbarus, 1631.
DREXEL, Jeremias. (1581-1638). Infernus damnatorum carcer et rogus aeternitatis pars II . Antwerp: Ioan. Cnobbarus, 1631. 16 ° (100 x 43mm). Pagination: [xxvi], 353,[5]p. Engraved title and 9 full-page engraved illustrations. Late 18th-century blue morocco gilt [by Roger Payne?], finely tooled flower and leaf motifs with studded backgrounds on sides and spine, turn-ins with sprig at corners and fleurs-de-lys at sides, gilt and gauffeured edges, brown silk marker. Provenance : William Beckford (1760-1844; in the sale of his library removed from Hamilton Palace, 11 July 1882, lot 2625: ‘blue morocco extra’ [one of two]; printed note by Bernard Quaritch, stating it was their purchase at the sale, tipped in). First published at Cologne in 1623. Drexel’s work on the tortures of hell is likely to have been of strong interest to Beckford. Drexel, a Jesuit, was for 23 years preacher in Munich to Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, and his consort Elizabeth of Lorraine, to whom the work is dedicated. This edition not in OCLC. De Backer-Sommervogel III, p. 195, no. 15. Rodomontades Espagnolles ... avec des figures representants les moeurs des Espagnols . Rouen: Jacques Caillüé, 1650. 12° (126 x 75mm). In Spanish with French translation by Jacques Gaultier final part in French only. 16 woodcuts. (Title holed with loss of one letter and repaired, cropping to D2 and K2 causing loss of catch-letters, a few other leaves more slightly cropped.) Earlier 18th-century red morocco gilt, triple fillet on sides, flat spine with longitudinal green morocco label and repeated fleuron, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt and marbled edges. Provenance : William Beckford (Hamilton Palace sale, 7 July 1883, lot 1423: ‘title mended, red morocco’) – later 19th-century note tipped in, declaring that ‘The picture drawn … of a Spanish gentleman is not an attractive one’. A rare work. The woodcuts are contained in the final part, ‘Les Emblesmes et Moeurs des Espagnols’. Palau 272172; not in Landwehr or Praz.
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