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Collection of 4 works in one volume. [1] De Cruce Libri Tres. Editio quarta. [2] Diva Virgo Hallensis. [3] Diva Sichemiensis sive Aspricollis : nova eius Beneficia & Admiranda. [4] Lovanium: id est opidi et Academiae eius descriptio. Libri Tres.
" [1] Antwerpen, ex officina Plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum, 1599, in-4°, 24,5 x 16,5 cm, 96 pp + (8) nn pp , with 19 etchings in the text. Imhof L-20. [2] Antwerpen, ex officina Plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum, 1605, in-4°, (8)nn pp + 86 pp + (10)nn pp , with 2 engraving outside the text ( of which a view of Halle) and title vignet. This is the second in-4° edition. Imhof L-37. [3] Antwerpen, ex officina Plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum, 1605, in-4°, (8)nn pp + 69 pp + (11)nn pp, title with Virgin and child engraving (T.Galle). Second in-4° engraving. Imhof L-34. [4] Antwerpen, ex officina Plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum, 1610, in-4°, (8)nn pp + 121 pp + (7)nn pp, with 2 plates (folding view of Louvain, idem of Heverlee) and an in-text plate. Imhof L-54. Bound in somewhat later full calf, raised gilt spine with decoration and red leather title label, marbled end papers, triple gilt fillets on both coversmarbled edges. Finde binding with minimal traces of use. Ome of the pages are uniformly but slightly browned ( more so for the first title). Title page of the 3rd work with a faint waterstain. The folding plates in the 4th work with some false creases. Generally the 4 titles are in good condition. The binding is very finely preserved. There are no provenance indications. Fine collection of 4 works by Lipsius. Apart from the 1st work which was already published in 1593 and which deals with mostly classical history ; the 3 other titles date from the end of Lipsius' career and pertain to the near local history of the region of his birth.."
Diva Virgo Hallensis. Beneficia eius & Miracula fide atque ordine descripta [1] Diva Sichemiensis sive Aspricollis : nova eius Beneficia & Admiranda. [2] Collection of 2 works in one volume.
[1] Antwerpen, ex officina Plantiniana, apud Viduam & Filios Io. Moreti. 1616, in-4°, 25 x 18 cm, (8) nn pp + 86 + (10) nn pp (complete). Title with engraved vignet. penultimate page with wood-engraved printer's mark. [2] Antwerpen, ex officina Plantiniana, apud Balthasarum & Viduam Ioannis Moreti, & Io. Meursium. 1620, in-4°, (8)nn pp + 69 pp + (11)nn pp ,Title with engraved vignet. penultimate page with wood-engraved printer's mark. Title page of the first work with contemporary manuscript ex-libris of the Jesuits of Brussels and with a modern small circular stamp. Bound in contemporary full vellum ( vellum soiled and with some scratches), title of first book also a bit soiled and thumbed, Two later editions of Lipsius' popular narrative of the miracles of the Holy Virgin at Halle (BCNI 6287) and Scherpenheuvel (BCNI 6784). The great humanist returned to the Roman Catholic belief, leaving the protestant North, and now devoting his time and art to the spread of the news of the miracles of the Holy Virgin in his beloved Brabant. As a real Fleming he finally went back to his ancestral hearth.
