BOSIO (Jacobo). Crux triumphans et gloriosa. Libris sex. Ant - Lot 164

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BOSIO (Jacobo). Crux triumphans et gloriosa. Libris sex. Ant - Lot 164
BOSIO (Jacobo). Crux triumphans et gloriosa. Libris sex. Antwerp, Ex officina Plantiniana, apud Balthasarem et Joannem Moretos, 1617. In-folio of [8] ff [including engraved title], 689, [52], 1 bl. pp. Printer's mark on verso of last leaf. Soft ivory vellum over boards, long spine decorated in ink, title in ink, visible stitching, cords on boards (Binding of the period). Rare Latin first edition of this treatise on the symbolism of the cross, first published in Italian in 1610 (without the engraved title). The edition is illustrated with a fine title engraved by Cornelius GALLE after Pierre Paul RUBENS. The copy is complete with the full-page engraved plate depicting the Triumphant Cross; numerous woodcuts in the text, ornate lettering and culs-de-lampe. Brunet, I, 1124; Graesse, Trésor de livres rares et précieux, I, 500; Funck, 283. Spine soiled, some seams cut, one notch split at head, inner hinge fragile. A good copy.
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