| | A Douay, Chez Laurent Kellam, 1657, 2 parts in 1 volume, in-folio, 5 ff. - 300 pp., 289 pp. - 1 f., contemporary full black morocco (wears, rubbings and 5 bookworms on spine), spine raised on 5 bands, 6 compartments decorated with fleurons, large gilt panel stamp in center of each side framed between double gilt fillets with fleurons on the corners. It is the second editon of this work published for the first time in 1639. The last 3 leaves are uniformly browned and have the fore margins restored with paper bands. Title device, owner's inscriptions and ex-dono on the free ends papers. Interesting binding of re-employment with its panel stamp " à la cruxifiction ". Cfr. Biography douaisienne, I, 636 and E Speeckaert, four centuries of binding in Belgium 1500-1900, I, n°31 and II n°31.
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