Rhetorum Collegii Sancti Adriani oppidi Gerardimontani... Lot 1203

Rhetorum Collegii Sancti Adriani oppidi Gerardimontani in Flandria, poesis anagrammatica sub Quintino Duretio Insulensi, monasterii eiusdem Sancti Adriani, Ordinis Sancti Patris Benedicti, presbytero religioso. Antwerp P. Bellerus 1651 8vo: [16]-389-[3] pp. (some soiling or dampstaining). Contemp. gilt sheep, covers with gilt central arms and ruled border, spine with raised bands, blue edges. Good copy. Rare collection of Neo-Latin poems by pupils of the St Adrian's College in Geraardsbergen, with their names listed on pp. 387-389. Title engr. showing St Benedict in a landscape. Woodcut mark at the end. Ref. STCV 6940673. Prov. Mons prize book given by Jean de St Ghislain, 39th abbot of St Denis, to "Jacobus Vandermeren ex Vorde" (prize written twice: on front and on lower endpaper).