Jode (I), P. de (1573-1634). Female saints

Series of 29 (of ?) engraved portraits, each approx. 11 x 8 cm, after Johannes van Mechelen (1587-1617), from H. Rosweyde, Het leven der HH. maeghden die van Christvs tijden tot dese eeuwe inden salighen staet der svyverheydt inde wereldt gheleeft hebben (w. Dutch letterpress text on verso), Antw., J. Cnobbaert, 1626, 1st ed., all mounted at upper corners under 15 passe-partouts. Fine impressions, mostly good margins (trimmed well outside the image, occas. inside the plate-mark at foot and/ or top), the letterpress text verso cut short. The first edition of the book is quite rare. -added: 1 other.

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