PSALTERIUM DAVIDIS, 1624 Antwerp Plantin Press

PSALTERIUM DAVIDIS 1624 Antwerp Plantin Press, Published in Antwerp under the mandate of the Serene Princes of Belgium. Features the Psalms of David (Psalterium Davidis) alongside sacred canticles and select prayers (cum canticis sacris & selectis aliquot orationibus). 8vo: 604-[3-1 bl.] pp. Contemporary Morocco covers, with blindstamp of scull and crossbones on each corner front and back; and a central motif depicting the Cross on Mount Golgotha surmounted by the inscription 'INRI', indicating the sacred content of the book immediately as for The Office of Holy Week. Rubricated, printed in black and red, copper engraved illustration on title page, last folio with woodcut Plantin mark, with engraved title vignettes throughout. Condition Request Condition Report Front cover detached, browning & spotting, several ms. notes (in French) and numbering. 9 contemporary indexing tabs attached to page edges. Missing front clasps.

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