O principe dos patriarcas S. Bento : primeiro[-segundo] tomo de sua vida

Prazeres, João dos, 1648-1709, Billingue, Clemente, engraver, Gomes, Francisco, b. 1660?, engraver, Duarte, C., 17th cent., engraver, Barros, Manuel Leal de, 1622-1691. Crisol purificativo · 1683 · Em Lxa. [i.e. Lisbon] : Na impressas de Antonio Craesbeeck de Mello, impressor da Caza Reale e a sua custa · 97 pictures

A two-volume Portuguese life of St. Benedict written by the Benedictine friar João dos Prazeres and printed in Lisbon in 1683 by Antonio Craesbeeck de Mello, with plates by Clemente Billingue, Francisco Gomes and C. Duarte, aimed at monastic readers and devotional emblem study. The stock is letterpress ornament: symmetrical woodcut headpieces framing a bird in an oval cartouche under a winged cherub head, flanked by urns and acanthus, plus initials inhabited by dolphins, monks and vines, all usable as borders, frames and drop caps.

Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino · Benedictines · Emblems

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