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NICOLAES DE BRUYN (1571-1656) Solitudo sive Vitae Patrum Eremicolarum. Thomas de Leu s.n., 1606. Engraved title page, 29 engraved depictions of hermites (plate 26 is missing) after Jan and Raphaël Sadeler and Marten de Vos Bound together with: -) Syluae sacrae: monumenta sa[n]ctioris philosophi[a]e quam severa anachoretarum disciplina vitae et religio docuit. Suite of 29 engraved depictions of saints in landscapes by Carel van Bockel (with name in two prints). Last plate damaged and strengthened. -) Trophaeum Vitae Solitariae. Engraved title page, suite of 25 engraved depictions of saints in landscapes, engraved by Edmé Charpy (with name in two prints). -) Oraculum Anachoreticum. Engraved title page, suite of 24 engraved depictions of saints in landscapes. -) Solitudo sive vitae Foeminarum Anachoritarum. Engraved title page, suite of 24 engraved depictions of female hermites in prayer. Engraved by Nicolaes de Bruyn All suites edited by Thomas de Leu Modern full brown simili-leather binding.