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MIRAEUS, Albertus

Elogia Belgica sive illustrium Belgi scriptorum, qui nostrâ patrumque memoriâ, vel Eccelesiam Dei propugnarunt, vel disciplinas illustrarunt, vitae breviter commemoratae

Antverpiae
David Martinius
1609

€120 - €180

4to, [8]-210 [= 212]-[6] pp, issue without portraits by Th. Galle. Ms. ex libris on title-page Hyacinthus Vander Meer. Old vellum binding, blue edges

Early biographical dictionary of ""Belgian"" celebrities (religious and literary) i.a. Hadrianus VI, Dionysius van Rijkel, Thomas a Kempis, Damhouder, Vesalius, Erasmus, Lipsius, Commines, Busbequius, Ortelius, Anna Bijns (!), Kilianus, etc.
Provenance:
heraldic bookplate Gustave Van Havre

Humanism