SADELER (Raphaël) / RADER (Matthaus, s.j.) Lot n° 27

Bravaria sancta. Maximiliani Sereniss principis Imperii, comitis Palatini Rheni, Utriusq. Bav. Ducis Auspiciis. Raphaël Sadeler Antverplanus. Monaci 1616; in-folio (33x22,5 cm), contemporary pearled vellum (a little split, upper edge of first plate), central gilt cartouche decoration, spine decorated with cold fleurons. 161 folios, title frontispiece (small tears with missing borders), 58 plates (with frontispiece) out of 60 (plates 13 and 20 missing), four in-text. (Angular stains, some foxing). First part only of three, which continued in 1624 and 1627. This hagiographic work, illustrated by the engraver Raphael Sadeler, was commissioned by Maximilian I. First printing