[Arianus van Wijck Library] Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis,

PII V. Pont. Max iussu editum. Nunc pluribus quàm hactenus umquam figuris aeneis illustratum. Antwerp, Ex officina Plantiniana, apud Balthasarem Moretum, & Viduam Ioannis Moreti, & Io. Meursium, 1622, (4),696,(2) p. Printed in red and black throughout, w. engr. title-vignette, 55 (of 57) full-p. ills. and num. (repeated) tailpiece vignettes by Theodorus Galle and Charles de Mallery. Woodcut initials. Bound in old wooden boards (w. older manuscript fragments in Dutch on the inside). Rebacked w. modern rexine and fitted with new free endpapers. Sides covered w. later chintz paper, 1 (of 2) copper clasps pres., gilt and gauffered edges, 4to. Used copy, lacking leaf Aa7 (w. 1 full-p. ill., replaced by a blank leaf) and lvs P7-8 (1 full-p. ill. and 1 tailpiece), as well as the final leaf w. the printer's address. Leaf H6 w. central hole (affecting text and 1 full-p. ill.); bookblock partly waterst. (mostly at the beginning and end). Sold w.a.f. With two important old owner's entries on first blank: "Ik Adr. van Wijck, Commisarius van St. Caeciliaes klooster tot Calcar, hebbe desen boek vereert aan Sr. [suster] Bernarda Theresia Beerendonks." and "Desen Hoogweerdighen Heer Adrianus van Wijck is in den Heer gerust doen men schref. 1719 op den 17 december - Godt geeft hem die Eeuwighe Rust."

See extensively on Adriaan or Aart van Wijck (1641-1716): NNBW, vol. 7, p. 1341-1354 (giving 16 Dec. 1619 as date of death) and Van der Aa, Biografisch woordenboek der Nederlanden, vol. 20, p. 262-3. Van Wijck is especially known for his vehement writings against Jansenism and the Dutch Old Catholic church, often even prohibited by Rome. Very rare edition (as any 4to edition of this text and w. these ills. by Plantin of around 1600), hardly ever offered for sale.