Collaert, Adriaan Lot n° 24

RICCI, Bartolomeo, S.J. Triumphus Iesu Christi crucifixi [...]. Adrianus Collaert figuras sculpsit. Antwerp Plantin press, J. Moretus 1608 8vo: [8, engr. title incl.]-70-[5] ff. (marg. dampstain to ff. 7-8). 18th-c. marbled calf, gilt orn. spine on raised bands, red edges (light scratches). Good condition. First edition of one of the rare works illustrated by Adriaan Collaert. Engr. ills (complete): title and 70 full-page pl., numbered and with captions in Latin, figuring the martyrs of various countries such as Armenia, Japan, Brazil, Corsica, Sicily, England and France. Descriptive text facing the plates. Ref. Funck 385. - DBS VI:1783. - Insolera n° 49 ("Considéré comme l'un des plus fascinants chefs-d'oeuvre iconographiques de l'édition flamande du XVIIe siècle"). - Imhof R-8. - Landwehr, L.O.C., 64 (mentions our ed.). - Praz p. 470. - BCNI 5401. Prov. Ms. entry (1748) on front pastedown.