GUEVARA, Antonio de. (Aegidius Albertinus, translator). — Aegidius Albertinus speculum religiosorum & exercitium virtuosorum oder: Der geistliche Spiegel ...Munich, Adam Berg, 1601. 8vo. Title in red and black. Contemporary vellum over wooden board

[12], "414" (= 829), [9] pp.Early German translation of copy of the Oratorio de religiosos y Exercicio de virtuosos by Antonio de Guevara (c. 1480-1545); one of the few religious treatises written by the popular Spanish writer. The treatise consists of a series of short exhortations or homilies, with a text prefixed to each, written in the same style like his other works. Guevara’s mannerism and imagery widely influenced fellow Baroque writers and those who followed him in the 16th- and 17th century. This ascetic work is one of the most renowned texts of the Spanish author, historian moralist and later Bishop of the Renaissance, Antonio de Guevara (c. 1480-1545). Large early woodcut bookplate on front pastedown. Leaves with tabs for easy access to chapters. Binding rubbed, one claps missing, library stamp and signature on the title page, 2 library stamps on the free endpaper. Internally a very good copy and a pleasant copy of the period in original condition.l Dünnhaupt 7.2; USTC 2132830 (3 copies); VD17 12:102987X (2 copies); WorldCat 257830609.