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Paradisvs sponsi et sponsæ : in qvo Messis myrrhæ et aromatvm, ex instrumentis ac mysterijs passionis Christi colligenda, vt ei commoriamur. Et Pancarpivm Marianvm, septemplici titulorum ferie distinctum vt in B. Virginis odorem curramus, et Christus formetur in nobis / auctore P. Ioanne David Societatis Iesv sacerdote.

Accession number
PML 126123
Creator
David, Jan, 1545?-1613.
Published
Antverpiæ : ex officina Plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum, 1607.
Credit line
Bequest of E. Clark Stillman, 1995.
Notes
Both pts. have engraved title pages. Plates engraved by Théodore Galle, who signed the unnumbered plate in both pts. Legends of plates in Latin, Dutch & French. Woodcut tail-pieces, initials.
This copy dated 1607 on first as well as second title page.
Description
[16], 212, [16], 213 p. : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Provenance
Bookplate of the Bibliothèque, Congregation de Notre Dame; collection of E. Clark Stillman.
Binding
White morocco by Chézaud et Braulart, stamped in gold on front, back, and spine; black spine panel stamped in gold. Insignia of the Society of Jesus stamped on vellum, possibly remnants of an earlier binding, affixed to fixed front and back endpapers. All edges gilt.
Classification
Department