738 - Baroque

Baroque Mascarenhas, Jeronymo de The Life, Death, and Miracles of the Blessed Joannis Peccatoris, a Member of the Order of St. John of God and Founder of the Famous Hospital in the City of Jerez de la Frontera / First published by ... Hieronymus Mascarenhas ... in Madrid in the year 1665. Published in Spanish: Now, however, in the year 1680, translated from Spanish into our German language. By ... Benedict Leo ... Grätz, Widmanstetter, 1683. 7 leaves, 471 pp., 4 leaves. Small 8°. Printed with contemporary pigskin binding (leather-bound, R. partly pasted over with older paper, worm-eaten, clasps missing). A rare work on the Order of the Merciful Brothers. - Only 2 copies traceable in our records via KVK (Hungary, Munich). - VD17 12:119535M. - Bound in: B. Leo Manuale, or Hand-Büchlein Religionis B. Joannis Dei. 3 parts. Ibid., 1681, 15 leaves, 642 pp. Pages 263–342 are missing here. - Front inside cover with slight wormholes; handwritten entry on title page; throughout, somewhat browned. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union. This work is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, and Photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.