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AMORT, EUSEBIUS.
De revelationibus, visionibus et apparitionibus privatis
regulae tutae ex scriptura, conciliis, SS. patribus, aliisque optimis authoritatibus
collectae.
[16], 587, [1] pages. 4to, 205x166 mm, contemporary sheep, quite worn, spine
imperfect with white ink shelf number; contents browned, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary
stamp on title, accession number on next leaf, free endpapers lacking.
Augsburg: Martin Veith, 1744
[200/300]
FIRST EDITION
of a critical study of mystical visions in the Christian tradition. Caillet 263
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ANDREWES, LANCELOT.
A Manual of the Privatte Devotions and Medi-
tations . . . translated out of a fair Greek MS. of his Amanuensis.
[22] (of [24]),
153, [1]; [10], 97, [3] pages;
LACKS THE ENGRAVED ADDITIONAL TITLE
and N1 (pages 77-78
in second part). Extraneous engraved portrait of Andrewes by Wenceslaus Hollar bound
before title. 2 parts in one volume. 12mo, 128x74 mm, contemporary olive morocco
BY
ONE OF THE QUEENS
’
BINDERS
, lavishly gilt-tooled to an all-over pattern of drawer-handle
tools, pointillé volutes, dots, and stars, partly accentuated with painted enamel, expertly
rebacked retaining original backstrip, front cover detached; few minor stains, early owner’s
inscription (“Eleanor See her Book”) on blank page facing page 1.
London: T. Ratclif & N. Thompson for Richard Bentley, 1674
[1,500/2,500]
Third edition of a private prayer book by Andrewes (1555-1626), Bishop of Winchester and
one of the translators of the King James version of the Bible. Originally composed in Greek
and Latin for his own use and circulated in a small number of manuscript copies after his
death, the prayers were translated into English by Richard Drake and first published in 1648.
The binding is an attractive example from one of the 4 Restoration workshops known as the
Queens’ binders for having bound books for Catherine of Braganza and Mary of Modena in a
closely similar style; see Nixon, English Restoration Bookbinding, pages 32-77 and plates 56-
77. Wing A3137.