Bidspirit auction | FODERE, Jacques

FODERE, Jacques - Les vies de tres-illustres sainctes dames, vierges & martyres de l'Eglise, (trsl. from the Italian) Lyon Cl. Obert 1638 8°, [16], 1031, [1] pp, engr. title from another work bound with as front., 23 engravings (cut short) by Th. de Leu outside collation, 2 engravings in text, 2 engr. vignettes, cont. goldtooled sheep (rubbed, front joint part. split. ), spine on 5 raised bands, gilt marbled edges, gilt inside dentelles, marbled endpapers, covers with gilt funerary ornaments within ornamental border Rare survey of female saints, listed according to the liturgical year, i.a.'Dipne' (Dimfna), 'Gudule', 'Leugarde' (Lutgardis) etc Prov.: Nordkirchen bookplate, bookseller's stamp., 'Monasteri de lannontiade de paris'; Ref.: Merland, Obert 52 (i.a.Bnf), not in Goldsmith(BL), Matagne (Namur)