Folio: 2 parts, 209-[3], 1278 pp. Large woodcut mark on title (motto: si deus pro nobis quis contra nos) and circular woodcut portrait of Tertullian on p8v. Double-page folding woodcut view of the Circus Maximus in Rome. Full-page woodcut with celestial spheres on p. 523. (incl. blanks Ii8 and Sss8; minor marginal soiling and toning, tears in folds of woodcut). 17th-c. blind-stamped Dutch vellum, covers with large central ornament within frames, spine with 5 raised bands and morocco label (joints splitting at head, lower flyleaves gone). Very good copy
Major scholarly publication of the Bruges theologian Pamelius (1536-1587). Though promised to Plantin Pamelius had it published in Paris. Plantin bought 300 copies and provided them with his own title-page. On pp. 15-17 a long poem by the Bruges Neo-Latin author Andreas Hoius. Ref. USTC 171836. - Voet (Plantin Press) 2299. - BT 4484 (Plantin issue). - Adams T-415 (Plantin issue). Prov. Old ownership entries on title and flyleaf, i.a. from the Bruges Capuchins. Library stamps and tickets