Marcin BARONIUSZ (Krakow, 1610). *Vitae, gesta et miracvla*,

Lives, Deeds, and Miracles,

of the five Polish hermit brothers of the Casimirian Order, of the Order of St. Romuald, Abbot of Camaldoli: John, Benedict, Matthew, Isaac, and Christian, martyrs, along with their other companions, Athanasius, Lawrence, and Bogumil: briefly compiled from various authors and diverse fragments and now published for the first time: by the authority of the most illustrious Lord Bernard Macieiowski, Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church and Archbishop of Gniezno, 1606. By Martin Baronio, a cleric from Jarosław, Part One (- Part Two). God, who takes pride in the counsel of the saints, great and awesome above all who surround him. Psalm 88. With the grace and privilege of the Most Reverend Superiors. (Kraków 1610). Printed in Kraków by Basilius Skalski, in the Year of Our Lord 1610. (19.5 x 15 cm), p. 40, 2 heraldic woodcuts in the text, contemporary parchment binding.
(Estr. Vol. 12). Condition: very good. The first edition of a rare hagiographic work dedicated to Polish saints and blessed associated with the Camaldolese Order. Part One contains the lives and martyrdom of the Five Martyr Brothers (John, Benedict, Matthew, Isaac, and Christina), Part Two presents the lives of four Camaldolese hermits (Barnabas, Andrew Świerad, Justus, and Benedict), as well as St. Bogumil, Bolesław the Brave, and Bolesław the Chaste. The work was compiled by Marcin Baroniusz based on numerous earlier sources and dedicated to Bishops Marcin Szyszkowski and Stanisław Sieciński. The print is adorned with the coats of arms of the Szyszkowski and Sieciński families. An exceptionally rare antique print, already described by Załuski as “stupendae raritatis.”