Description:
Karl Stengel, Hodoeporicum Mariano-Benedictinum, seu Historia de Imaginibus B.M.V. miraculis et peregrinationibus apud PP. Ordinis S. Benedicti, Veronica Aperger, Augsburg, 1659. [4] pp, 116 pp, [19] copper plates. Contemporary full vellum binding. Approx. 16 x 9 cm. The title page, missing as in the Bavarian State Library copy, is rebound on old paper facsimile (almost unrecognizable as such!!!). Otherwise complete.The copper plates each show the image of grace and the pilgrimage church. Among others, Altötting, St. Blasien, Andex, Ottobeuren, Vorderegg, Vienna, Bogenberg, Valvanera, Montserrat, Zelle are described.
On the inside cover two ownership entries of the 17th - 18th century. Minor signs of use. Book block inside slightly cracked. Overall "Well Preserved."
A work of the utmost rarity that I have not found offered for decades. WorldCat knows only 6 copies.