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CURTIUS, Cornelius

Nicolaus Tolentinus, aliique aliquot eiusdem ordinis beati

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Jan Cnobbaert
1637

€140 - €200

12mo, [viii], 278, [2] pp, engraved title, engraved portrait and 3 full-page engravings, all finely engraved by J. Cnobbaert after Ph. Mellery or Th. van Merlen. Contemporary annotations. Bound in half leather, boards in vellum

Cornelius Curtius, Augustinian monk from Brussel, from the Order of the Hermits of St. Augustine. This work contains a life of St. Nicholas composed by Curtius and based on the life by Pietro da Monterubbiano. It also reproduces an epic poem in Latin, ""Nicolaus Tolentinus"", composed by the Carmelite poet, Baptista Mantuanus and first published in 1509. Ref. BCNI 9020

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