Petrus Biverus’s Sacrum Oratorium and Sacrum Sanctuarium (Antwerp, 1634): Balthasar Moretus’s Preference for Pearls over Glass

• Published in: Library Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 115 - 140
• Main Author: Imhof, Dirk
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: UK Oxford University Press 02.09.2023; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: 17th century; Illustrations

Abstract In the first half of the seventeenth century the Plantin-Moretus Press of Antwerp was widely known for the high quality of its editions. One such case are two editions composed by the Spanish Jesuit Petrus Biverus published in 1634, namely: the Sacrum Oratorium piarum imaginum immaculatae M...