D. Catharinae Senensis Virginis SS. Ord. Praedicatorum vita ac miracula selectiora formis aeneis expressa

Imprint: Paris : Apud Thomas de Leu, [160-?]
Physical description: [1], 32 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Publication date: 1600
Title Variation: Divae Catharinae Senensis Virginis Sanctissimae Ordinis Praedicatorum vita ac miracula; Vita ac miracula selectiora formis aeneis expressa
Note: 7 of 33 plates signed: Ian Swelinck.; Engravings by Jan Swelinck after the 1603 Antwerp ed. published by Philip Galle, engraved by Cornelis Galle from drawings by Jan van der Straet and edited by Michel van Ophovens. The 1603 ed. was taken from the well-known pictorial life of Catherine originally published in 1597, entitled Vita, mors, gesta quaedam selecta B. Catharinae Senensis (based on Ryamond of Capua's work by the same title), engraved by Pieter de Jode from drawings by Francesco Vanni. Cf. Bianchi, Lidia. Caterina da Siena (Romae, 1980), p. 16; and, D. Catharinae Senensis Virginis S.S.mae Ord. Praedicatorum vita ac miracula ... (Roma, 1940), edited by Bianchi.; 33 copper engravings of pictures from the life of St. Catherine, with engraved text below.
Note: Special Collections & University Archives copy 1: 33 leaves, each with a manuscript paraphrase of the Latin texts into Catalan. Binding: limp vellum. Imperfect: lacks title plate and plates 1, 9, 32, and 33.