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(Religion) - SURIUS, Laurentius; VAN DER HAER [HARAEUS], Franciscus.- Quinquaginta-duae vitae sanctorum selectiores simul et communiores […]. Antverpiae, ex officina Christophori Plantini, 1588. In-16° : 373 (i.e. 379)-[5] pp. (title-page cut at the bottom without loss of text, marginal waterstains on the first leaves, some foxing). Contemporary binding : overlapping limp vellum, flat spine with the title handwritten in ink, red edges (front cover distorted, remains of ties). FIRST EDITION of 52 biographies of saints compiled and summarized by Haraeus (1555-1631) from the "De probatis sanctorum historiis" (Cologne, 1570-1575) of the German Carthusian Laurentius Surius (1522-1578). # Voet 1287; # BT 6816; # Adams S-2107; # not in Machiels. Provenance : Franciscan convent of Landshut in Bavaria (stamps). ¶ Première édition de ce recueil de vies de saints (découpe sans perte au titre, mouill. marg. aux 1ers ff., qqs rouss., plat sup. déformé, restes de lacets). Drouotlive.com Read more