April 12, 2024
1649 HORSTIUS PARADISE of the SOUL 9 fine plates
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1649 HORSTIUS PARADISE of the SOUL 9 fine platesJ. Merlo HorstiusParadisvs animae christianae.Cologne, Kinchius 1649.13.2 x 7.5 cms.17 leaves, 767 pages, 179 pages. Complete.Illustrated with a superb engraved title and 8 fine copper engravings.Wooden boards with old cloth to spine.Jacob Merlo Horstius (or Jacques Merlo and Jacques Meilo) was priest of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Pasculo, Cologne. He was born to poor parents in July 1597 in Horst, a borough of Gueldre, Germany, which is w he derived the name Horstius. He died in 1644. Horstius was the author of several prayer books. His principal works: Enchiridion Officii Divini and this work, Paradisus Animae Christianae. In addition, he edited works of Saint Bernard and Thomas a Kempis. The Paradisus Animae, which has gone through many editions in the original Latin, has always been a favorite prayer book among Catholics. The Life of Alban Butler, author of the "Lives of the Saints," tells us that he greatly preferred it to other devotional manuals, and Cardinal Henry Edward Manning (1808-1892) described it as "beautiful almost beyond compare." Binding rubbed; paper a touch wavy; some light age toning.We send all our parcels within 48 hours of notification of payment.ANTIQUARIAT Daniel Good, Beromunster - Switzerland
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