Lot no. 299
SCHOONEBEEK (Adriaan). Histoire des ordres religieux de l'un et de l'autre sexe. Amsterdam, Adrien Schoonebeek, 1695. 2 volumes in one in-8, stiff vellum (contemporary binding). Second French edition of this work first published in Dutch and French in 1688. It is doubled in terms of both text and number of figures. This history of male religious orders (despite what the title suggests) is sought after for its copper-engraved illustration by Adriaan Schoonebeek, which consists of a title-frontispiece, 6 intermediate titles and 144 full-page plates of monastic costumes, half of which are in the first printing. A few leaves gnawed in the lateral margin. Brunet, III, 196 - Colas, n°2682 - Lipperheide, n°1860 - Vinet, n°2145.
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