ALBERTUS MAGNUS (?1193-1280, attributed to). Paradisus animae, de virtutibus. Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1565. 8° (110 x 70mm). (Minor soiling.) Green morocco by Coverly, sides with a gilt rule border, the upper side lettered in gilt, gilt edges (spine evenly faded). Provenance: S.A. Thompson Yates. A Plantin edition of this popular devotional tract, describing the path leading to union of the soul with God through contemplation and meditation.
Together with four others, 16th- and 17th-century works: Les Bigarrures du Seigneur des Accordz (Paris: 1583); Paleologue, Cent Praeceptes Royaux (Paris: 1582); Antonius Flaminius, De rebus divinis (Antwerp: 1558); Recueil de diverses pieces faites par plusieurs personnes illustres (The Hague: 1669).
ALBERTUS MAGNUS (?1193-1280, attributed to). Paradisus animae, de virtutibus. Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1565. 8° (110 x 70mm). (Minor soiling.) Green morocco by Coverly, sides with a gilt rule border, the upper side lettered in gilt, gilt edges (spine evenly faded). Provenance: S.A. Thompson Yates. A Plantin edition of this popular devotional tract, describing the path leading to union of the soul with God through contemplation and meditation.
Together with four others, 16th- and 17th-century works: Les Bigarrures du Seigneur des Accordz (Paris: 1583); Paleologue, Cent Praeceptes Royaux (Paris: 1582); Antonius Flaminius, De rebus divinis (Antwerp: 1558); Recueil de diverses pieces faites par plusieurs personnes illustres (The Hague: 1669).
