Catholicvm Precationvm selectissimarvm enchiridion : ex sanctorvm patrvm, et illustrium tum veterum, tum recentium auctorum scrptis, & Precationum libellis, concinnatum
Author
Simon Verepaeus
Title
Catholicvm Precationvm selectissimarvm enchiridion : ex sanctorvm patrvm, et illustrium tum veterum, tum recentium auctorum scrptis, & Precationum libellis, concinnatum
Date
1594
Place
Antverpiae [Antwerp]
Publisher
Apud Ioan. Bellerum, ad insigne Aquilæ aureæ [Jean Beller]
Language
Latin
Contributor
COMPILER & WRITER OF ADDED COMMENTARY:
Verepaeus, Simon, 1522?-1598.
ISSUING BODY:
Gregory XIII, Pope, 1502-1585.
PRINTER:
Schönig, Valentin, active 1572-1613.
Verepaeus, Simon, 1522?-1598.
ISSUING BODY:
Gregory XIII, Pope, 1502-1585.
PRINTER:
Schönig, Valentin, active 1572-1613.
Note
CONTENT:
Title-page and first 16 leaves printed in red and black.
Title vignette; printed marginal notes.
ENGRAVINGS:
Includes 94 half-page woodcut illustrations (of which approximately 15 repeated).
Victoria University Library copy's woodcut illustrations, woodcut initials and typographic ornaments all vividly coloured by an early hand (not contemporary) and often highlighted in gold.
Victoria University Library copy has an unrecorded fragment: Septem psalmi pœnitentiales, ex officio diurno Gregorij XIII. pontificis maximi iussu edito, desumpti, & à precationibus præmissis non alieni (16 unnumbered pages), with colophon: Avgvstæ vindelicorum, imprimebat Valentinus Schônigius, 1593.
FORMAT:
[48] unnumbered pages, 471, [9] pages : illustrations ; 14 x 9 cm (16mo)
BINDING:
Bound over laced cords in full black goatskin. Evidence of leather clasps, which are now lacking. Triple blind border on both boards. Handsewn endbands in ecru. All edges gilt with gauffered dots near edges. Endpapers not contemporary, likely renewed in 17th century using marbled paper.
Title-page and first 16 leaves printed in red and black.
Title vignette; printed marginal notes.
ENGRAVINGS:
Includes 94 half-page woodcut illustrations (of which approximately 15 repeated).
Victoria University Library copy's woodcut illustrations, woodcut initials and typographic ornaments all vividly coloured by an early hand (not contemporary) and often highlighted in gold.
Victoria University Library copy has an unrecorded fragment: Septem psalmi pœnitentiales, ex officio diurno Gregorij XIII. pontificis maximi iussu edito, desumpti, & à precationibus præmissis non alieni (16 unnumbered pages), with colophon: Avgvstæ vindelicorum, imprimebat Valentinus Schônigius, 1593.
FORMAT:
[48] unnumbered pages, 471, [9] pages : illustrations ; 14 x 9 cm (16mo)
BINDING:
Bound over laced cords in full black goatskin. Evidence of leather clasps, which are now lacking. Triple blind border on both boards. Handsewn endbands in ecru. All edges gilt with gauffered dots near edges. Endpapers not contemporary, likely renewed in 17th century using marbled paper.
Archive Location
Library Catalog
Num Pages
528
Call Number
BX2079 .V47 1594
Rare Book
Collection
Tags
Citation
Simon Verepaeus, “Catholicvm Precationvm selectissimarvm enchiridion : ex sanctorvm patrvm, et illustrium tum veterum, tum recentium auctorum scrptis, & Precationum libellis, concinnatum,” Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS) Rare Book Collection, accessed January 14, 2026, https://crrs.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/10414.