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- Lacks, as usual/ always(?) in the second edition, leaf *3 (this was the dedication to Marco comte d'Odescalqui in the first edition and has been omitted in this edition). Fine copy.

= Pritzel 9852; Nissen, BBI 2079N; Krelage p.586, 605, 608 and passim. On the author at length T.T. Mantel, ''Waardevol oud papier uit Haarlem''. In: Waardevol oud papier. Haarlem, 1996, p.215-228. Ex libris Med. Dr. C. Rasch. With contemp. owner's entry on the title-p.: "Bibliotheca monasterii Sancti Martini Tornaci dedicavit R.D. Baclow supprior 1776". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIII.