LIPSIUS, Justus

"4to, [8], 69, [11] pp. Engraved ill. on title. Woodcut mark on last leaf. First 4to ed., dedicated to Isabella of Spain, of Lipsius' work on the miracles of the Virgin at Scherpenheuvel (Montaigu). Disbound, good copy. Ref. Bibl. Belg. III:1011 L-392 ; Imhof (Moretus) L-32 ; Bowen (Marian pilgr.) SCH-72. Prov. Old monastic ownership entries on title. Contemp. ms. notes on final p. We add: Erycius PUTEANUS. Pietatis thaumata in Bernardi Bauhusii e Societate Iesu Proteum Parthenium, unius libri versum, unius versus librum, stellarum numero, sive formis M. XXII. variatum. Antwerp, Plantin Press (B. & J. Moretus), 1617. 4to, 116-[6] pp. Engraved ill. on title-page (Virgin surrounded by stars)(missing title, replaced by a xerox copy on old paper, and f. P6 with woodcut mark; bottom fore-edge corner dampstained). Contemp. vellum, flat spine. Good copy. 1022 metrical variations on a line of the Jesuit poet Bauhusius (1575-1619): ""Tot tibi sunt dotes, Virgo, quot sidera caelo"", followed by prose meditations. 1022 was the number of known stars at the time"