"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
— P.J. O'Rourke

Antuerpiae [Antwerp]: Ex officina Christophori Plantini, Architypographi Regii, 1587. [Catholic Sermons] FINE CONTEMPORARY BINDING. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.805 [3]; 94. Finely printed by the Plantin Press. In a very fine contemporary vellum binding with two metal clasps, raised bands, and elaborate blind decoration to boards. Black ink manuscript titles to spine; lightly speckled edges. A green bookplate partially removed from the front pastedown, and a metal strip to blank between volumes. Some toning to edges, but overall crisp and clean. Very light wear only to binding. A lovely near fine copy. The second of four volumes of the sermons of Luis de Granada, first published by the Plantin Press in 1577. Item #60715
USTC: 413814.
Price: £650.00