86 - [RELIGION - MORALITY & MYSTICISM]

[RELIGION - MORALITY & MYSTICISM] DREXELIUS, Jeremias (Jérémie Drexel) A collection of four major ascetic and emblematic works in vellum bindings: - *Den eeuwighen brandt der hellen...*, Antwerp, Joan Cnobbaert, 1633. In-24°. First edition of the Dutch translation by Franciscus de Smidt. Text in Gothic type, illustrated with a copper-engraved frontispiece title page. - *Orbis Phaethon, hoc est de universis vitiis linguae... pars prima*, Duaci [Douai], Ex officina Baltazaris Belleri, 1631. In-24°. An allegorical and alphabetic treatise against the sins of the tongue. - Rosae selectissimarum virtutum quas Dei Mater orbi exhibet... pars II, Antuerpiae [Antwerp], Apud viduam et haeredes Ioannis Cnobbari, 1641. In-24°. A collection of Marian and horticultural meditations on the virtues of the Virgin Mary. - Deliciarum gentis humanae, Part II. Christus Iesus moriens..., Antuerpiae [Antwerp], published by the widow of Ioannis Cnobbari, 1639. In-24°. Second volume alone (of 3), complete and self-contained for this section devoted to the Passion and death of Christ. A thematic collection bringing together several select works from the literary and spiritual output of the Jesuit Jeremias Drexelius, a leading figure of the Counter-Reformation in Northern Europe. These pocket-sized editions, prized for use in schools and for personal meditation, attest to the influence of iconic 17th-century religious literature in Antwerp and Douai. The collection is distinguished by its rich iconography, produced by the engraving workshops associated with the Cnobbaert and Bellère printing houses.