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CANISIUS, Peter. Handt-Boeck der Catholiicken om Godturushteliick te Bidden. Antwerp: Balthaser Moerentorf, 1630.
Small 8o (148 x 82 mm). Engraved vignette on title and numerous in-text vignettes (some dampstaining on last few leaves). Seventeenth century black morocco over wooden boards, gilt edges, with fine early gauffered and painted edges, showing ADAM AND EVE AT THE FOOT OF THE APPLE TREE WITH THE SERPENT COILED AROUND IT AND GOD WATCHING FROM ABOVE; "I.H.S." SURROUNTED BY FLOWERS AND A FLORAL DESIGN (hinges cracked); modern folding case by Heritage bindery. Provenance: J. W. Six (bookplate); Elseghemensis (bookplate); Estelle Doheny (bookplate; her sale Christie's New York, 17 October 1988, lot 1305).
Small 8o (148 x 82 mm). Engraved vignette on title and numerous in-text vignettes (some dampstaining on last few leaves). Seventeenth century black morocco over wooden boards, gilt edges, with fine early gauffered and painted edges, showing ADAM AND EVE AT THE FOOT OF THE APPLE TREE WITH THE SERPENT COILED AROUND IT AND GOD WATCHING FROM ABOVE; "I.H.S." SURROUNTED BY FLOWERS AND A FLORAL DESIGN (hinges cracked); modern folding case by Heritage bindery. Provenance: J. W. Six (bookplate); Elseghemensis (bookplate); Estelle Doheny (bookplate; her sale Christie's New York, 17 October 1988, lot 1305).