Spizel, Th. (= G. Spitzel). Vetus Academia Jesu Christi,

in qua XXII. priscae sinceraeque pietatis professorum icones exhibentur (...). Augsb., "Apud Gottlieb Goebelium, Typis Koppmayerianis", 1671. (24),221,(7) p. W. engr. frontisp. ("Vetus Academia Iesu Christi, Iconibus"), full-p. engr. portraying the triumphant Christ and 22 full-p. engr. portraits. Contemp. hvellum, 4to. Vague library stamps on frontisp.; library stamp on first free endpaper, below old ink annotation: "Liber rarus. Bibl. Feuerl. p. 295". Occas. sl. foxed/ stained. Library label on spine and a few sm. other minor imperfections. Scarce first edition of this fine series of 22 engraved portraits and biographies of early Christian figures, from Ignatius of Antiochia up to Bernard of Clairvaux.