(Monasticism - Capuchins) - CAROLUS DE AREMBERG, O.F.M. Cap. Flores seraphici ex...

(Monasticism - Capuchins) - CAROLUS DE AREMBERG, O.F.M. Cap. Flores seraphici ex amoenis Annalium hortis [...] Zachariae Bouerij [...] collecti, sive Icones, vitae et gesta virorum illustrium (qui ab Anno 1525. usque ad annum 1580. [...] miraculis, ac vitae sanctimonia claruere) compendiose descripta. Cologne, K. Munich, 1640-1642 Folio: [12]-71-[1]-447-[21], [16]-48-806-[24] pp. (lacking I, pp. 63-64 with globe ill.; some marginal soiling, a few edges sl. frayed or torn, occasional sm. wormtracks, e.g. in inner margin of I, pp. 116-136; p. 165 marginally stained; tear in pp. II, 11-12 and 57-58; tear in II, pp. 641-642 repaired with sellotape). 20th-c. quarter calf, gilt-titled spine on 4 raised bands (loose at front, sl. rubbed at head and tail, 1 corner bumped). Good copy. Voluminous collection by Charles d’Aremberg (1593-1669) of biographies of Capuchin and other Franciscan authors and "saints" 1525-1580, mainly taken from the writings of Zaccaria Boverio (1568-1638). (I) pp. 86-92 about Franciscus Titelmans. In Pt. II some information on Capuchin missionaries in America. Elaborately engr. title and part-title by Löffler after Schot. Ill. with 188 full-page engrs, mostly portraits, 2 also showing a view of Cologne. Printed within ruled borders. Large woodcut tailpieces.
Ref. VD-17 14:675298V (I) & 12:118487Z (II). - BCNI 9305. - Paisey (BL) B-1943. - Not in Alden/Landis, Sabin.