Flores seraphici ex amoenis Annalium hortis adm. R.P.F. Zachariæ Bouerij, Ordinis Fratrum Minorum S. Francisci Capucinorum definitoris generalis collecti : sive icones vitæ et gesta virorum illustrium ... comprendiosè descripta / auctore R.P.F. Carolo de Aremberg, Bruxellensi, eiusdem Ord. Prædicatore.

Flores seraphici. Latin. 1640

Coloniæ Agrippinæ : Apud Constantiunum Munich, 1640-1642.

2 volumes, engr. title page & plates : illustrations, portraits (engravings, woodcuts) ; (folio)

Signatures: v.1, p4, [*]4, a-i4, A-3M4, [chi]*1; v.2, [*]-2*4, A-5M4

Engraved t.p.; head and tail pieces; initials

Added t.p.; text within lined borders

[Vol. 1] covers the period 1525-1580 and includes before the main work "Apparitiones B.V. Mariæ," 58 p. [Vol. 2] covers the period 1580-1612 and includes "Apparitiones B.V. Mariæ," 48 p

Includes index

Illustrations: 192 full-page engravings by the brothers Johann Eckhard and Johann Heinrich Löffler, including illustrated t.p. and half-title repeated in v.2 with changes; all but the t.p. presumably after the engravers' own designs. The t.p. is after Johann Schott. The illustrations, mostly portraits, include 2 dedicatory engravings of Virgin and Child and 29 depicting appearances of the Virgin to Capuchins

Brunet 1:391 ; Grässe 1:184 ; Hurter. Nomenclator, 3rd ed. 3:702 ; Lexicon Capuccinum p. 347 ; NUC pre-1956 20:28 ; Sbaraglia 1:199.

Copy 1 Vol. 1 Note: Imperfect.