A very rare and somewhat important work in the Dutch church (see quote below). I find only one copy printed before 1700 in the world's libraries (OCLC -901691757.), and no copies available for sale that were printed before 1750 (I searched using ViaLibri).
In my research of this devotional I found an interesting tidbit. Someone named Clemens studied the distribution of this work in the Netherlands. The Southern Netherlands loved this book, and it was widely distributed, yet it was seldom found in the North; this led Clemens to conclude that "sober piety was not a Northern-Netherlandish kind of piety".
Physical Attributes
Measures 17 x 10 x 3 cm. Five raised spines with compartments framed in filet with floral centerpieces. Blue and white endbands. Tooling around board edges. AEG (but faded). Frontis, and seven other engravings.
Condition of the Book
See pictures. Contemporary binding is well worn at the edges, with chipping at top and bottom of spine (but both endbands are present). Leather itself has crazed a little. Ex library, with pencil call number on pastedown. Owner inscription on free front endpaper (Dutch, old hand). Title page stamped from and back with stamp of now defunct church library in New York. Text block is mostly clear and clean. Occasional spot. No writing. I found one one c.m. fore-edge tear. Endpapers toned. Library card pasted to the back pastedown. Despite wear, it feels structurally sound and the text block remains in a pleasing state.
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