Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ex Libris, post: 12405230, member: 14916&quot;]This is a new book I added recently to my collection:</p><p><br /></p><p>&#039; t Bosch der Eremyten ende Eremytinnen van Ægypten ende Palestinen. </p><p><br /></p><p>By Heribert Rosweyde, designed by A. Blommaert and engraved by Boetius à Bolswert.</p><p><br /></p><p>Printed and published in 1619 by Hieronymus Verdussen in Antwerp, Belgium.</p><p><br /></p><p>The book contains the engravings of 25 male and 25 female hermits in Palestina and Egypt.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The title page</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]554356[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The frontispiece</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]554357[/ATTACH] </p><p>The page that starts the male part of the book</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]554359[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Every engraving is accompanied by a text.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]554360[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Saint Anton looks like Gandalf in my opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]554358[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The start of the female section</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]554361[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Saint Alexandra</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]554362[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Saint Mary of Egypt</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]554363[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The book was once owned by a famous collector of engravings: Frans Leytens (1901 - 1980)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]554364[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in