Ancient Latin Way To Heaven Book Print Via Vitae 1620 Jesus Bolswert Angel Devil
Item History & Price
First Edition - - printed in 1620 - - Plate # 28 - - one engraving / illustrated leaf
-- one full-page Copper Plate Engraved Illustration -- plus "Caption Page" and several additional pages in Latin.
NOTE: as seen on History Channel, Monday Night, Jan. 29, 2018 ... Pawn Stars - Season 15, Episode 16
"Rick gets some self-help, Medieval Style, from an ancient Latin Book."
--- Among the photos for this listing, I...'ve added a couple Screenshots from a Pawn Stars episode
showing Rick Harrison discussing (with me) the history and value of a Via Vitae 1620 1st Edition.
(Pawn Stars is an entertaining and very educational show! I highly recommend watching ;-)
NOTE: I am selling my collection of antiquarian "Bolswert" illustrations and books from the 1600's.
To see more Fabulous and RARE "Bolswert" prints and books, Click Here: (( MORE BOLSWERT ))
This print:
Path to Heaven / Jesus / God the Father / Demon / Skeleton / Burning Heart / Sin
NOTE: 1600's Church Grave Digging / Cemetery / Prayer Beads Rosary / Heaven
Page removed from damaged book: "Viae Vitae Aeternae" by A. Sucquet, a famous Jesuit priest of the Counter-Reformation.
The image size is approx. 3.75 x 5.25 inch. This is a copperplate etching/engraving on handmade paper.
Written in Latin, title translates to: "The Way of Eternal Life, " by Antonius Sucquet (or: The Road / Path to Eternal Life)
Authentic - approx. 400 years old! - Haunting engraving by 17th century Baroque Flemish /Friesland artist Boetius Bolswert.
NOTE: I am selling my collection of antiquarian "Angel / Demon" illustrations & cards from the 1400's - 1800's.
To see more Similar RARE Antique cards and illustrations, Click Here: (( MORE ITEMS LIKE THIS ))
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Because Via Vitae was published in Latin, I needed to find a translation of this book to be able to understand the symbolism.
Rev. Isaac Williams (prominent in the Oxford Movement) published his amazing poetic translation of "Viae Vitae Aeternae" in 1842.
The text below comes from my personal copy of an 1842 First Edition of the translation, "The Baptistery, or the Way of Eternal Life, " by Isaac Williams.
I am providing Isaac Williams' translation so you may gain a better appreciation for Bolswert's authentic 17th Century illustration being offered. Enjoy!
Translation by Isaac Williams: Plate 28 -- text below explains the symbolism
"STEP EACH HOUR CLOSER to your Heavenly Audience....
Be careful of thine actions, and regulate them as in the presence of God
to the glory of His great Name.
Consider what things thou hast to do during this day, and at this very hour [A] ; and in like manner as if thou wert running in a race, direct all thy works [B] and all thy steps to the goal, that is to say, to the glory of God, — with a burning heart [C]. And be assured of this, that without the Grace of God thou art utterly helpless, and canst do nothing [D]. Pray therefore for this Grace, and do all thy works as in weight, number, and measure [E] ; and not otherwise than if Death were following close behind thee [F] ; and an Angel [G] and an Evil Spirit [H] were watchfully observing thee by the way, and all thy actions. Moreover do all thy works in such a manner [I] as if thy grave were already being dug for thee [K] . Nor this only, but perform all thy actions after the example of Christ and His Saints [L],
that they may be such as the Angels [M] may bear and offer before God.
But above all things consider always and remember this, that God [N], and the company of Heaven, are at all times beholding thee. ”====================================================================================
Circa 400 year old 1st Edition 1620 print, Plate 10 illustration (leaf), plus caption / explanation page, plus several pages of text.
This engraved illustration was removed from a damaged copy of this very important “emblem book, ” which is said to unite
the spiritual meditations and practices of the Belgian Jesuit Antoine Sucquet with fine emblematic illustrations devised
by the great baroque engraver Boetius a Bolswert (c. 1580-1633),
called by Praz 'the illustrator of the sentimental and ecstatic states of the soul'.
Illustrations for this "illustrated parables" project are Boetius A. Bolswert's haunting views of Hell and glimpses of Heaven.
Man's worse drives are iconized through symbols and satyrs, ghouls, harpies, werewolves, and semi-human lizards,
while man's progress towards eternal life is shown by symbols as ever hindered by the multifarious and rapacious beast within."
Via Vitae was first published over 50 years before the first edition of John Bunyan's allegorical Pilgrim's Progress.
This 1st Edition 1620 book page above comes from a contemplative Jesuit Catholic work published in Latin during the Counter-Reformation.
Eventually, Christian Protestants also grew to appreciate this work. Due to the popularity of this book, it was reissued in later editions.
The actual page you are considering to purchase is 397 years old -- I removed it myself from my damaged 1620 edition.
The purpose of this work was to stir the imagination and explore spiritual themes such as:
Apocalypse & Judgment Day / the End Times & the Return of Jesus Christ at the End of Days
Death, Eternal Destiny, & Heaven and Hell / Free Will, Moral Choices, and the Consequences of Vice & Virtue
Prayer, Meditation, and Spiritual Exercises for Progress along The Way of Life ("Religious Self Help")
Faith / Love / Penance / Confession / Prayer / Meditation / Sin / Charity / Virtues / Vices / Perfection / Time
The Holy Church as the Bride of Christ / Saints as Examples / Communion, Sacraments, Baptism, etc.
Authentic 1620 First Edition book illustration - - 100% Guaranteed Original
Please ... SEE the above HUGE SCANS to note any and all FLAWS!
Each Page Size: -- Approx. 4.25 x 7.125 inches. / Image Size: -- Approx. 3.75 x 5.25 inches.I've been researching and collecting images of
Angels, Demons, Spirits, Fairies, pagan gods, Cherubs, etc. for many years.
I'm now selling my 19th Century collection of antique fairy, elf, gnome, Brownies, mermaid, etc. cards,
including the actual Wee Folk cards as photographed for my Victorian Fairy book!For my book about "Victorian Fairies, " order for $14.95 (free shipping):
- My color illustrated book of Fairies is found on ebay. Click Here: (( Victorian Fairies ))
======================================================================================
* MORE GREAT pre-1900 Angel / Religion / Fairy / Demon / Literary = use "Search within my store"
or Visit my store:
Click this Hot Link: Old Cards - Daves Great CardsGalore
======================================================================================
======================================================================================
All of my items are Authentic Antiques = 100% Guaranteed Original
After 40 years of collecting, I'm thinning my archives of thousands of pre-1900 cards and prints.
My inventory includes items
ranging from common and affordable to one-of-a-kind rarities that I have used to illustrate
my over 150 articles that I have published, along with numerous books I've published, including
My ... now out-of-print 1996 classic book that helped
define the hobby of Victorian Trade Card collecting:
VICTORIAN TRADE CARDS
HISTORICAL REFERENCE & VALUE GUIDE,
by Dave Cheadle.
Be sure to subscribe to my STORE NEWSLETTER and to add me to your favorites list!
As a life-long collector and social historian, and
as the founding editor of the Trade Card Collectors Association's journal, "The Trade Card Quarterly, "
I can certify that all items offered are authentic and fully guaranteed-- full refunds without question if not as represented.
FREE Shipping with professional packaging within United States: - YES!
World Wide First Class International Shipping = $8.00.
More GREAT ADVERTISING TRADE CARDS, ephemera,
Historical Paper Americana, 19th Century and antique cards etc. like this
right now for ~ Immediate Purchase ~ in my store
as -- BUY IT NOW
= Visit my store:
Click this Hot Link: Old Cards - Daves Great CardsGalore
=========================================================================
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Supernatural Occult Magic Miracle Satanic Charismatic Prophetic Prophesy Divine, etc. themes
-- one full-page Copper Plate Engraved Illustration -- plus "Caption Page" and several additional pages in Latin.
NOTE: as seen on History Channel, Monday Night, Jan. 29, 2018 ... Pawn Stars - Season 15, Episode 16
"Rick gets some self-help, Medieval Style, from an ancient Latin Book."
--- Among the photos for this listing, I...'ve added a couple Screenshots from a Pawn Stars episode
showing Rick Harrison discussing (with me) the history and value of a Via Vitae 1620 1st Edition.
(Pawn Stars is an entertaining and very educational show! I highly recommend watching ;-)
NOTE: I am selling my collection of antiquarian "Bolswert" illustrations and books from the 1600's.
To see more Fabulous and RARE "Bolswert" prints and books, Click Here: (( MORE BOLSWERT ))
This print:
Path to Heaven / Jesus / God the Father / Demon / Skeleton / Burning Heart / Sin
NOTE: 1600's Church Grave Digging / Cemetery / Prayer Beads Rosary / Heaven
Page removed from damaged book: "Viae Vitae Aeternae" by A. Sucquet, a famous Jesuit priest of the Counter-Reformation.
The image size is approx. 3.75 x 5.25 inch. This is a copperplate etching/engraving on handmade paper.
Written in Latin, title translates to: "The Way of Eternal Life, " by Antonius Sucquet (or: The Road / Path to Eternal Life)
Authentic - approx. 400 years old! - Haunting engraving by 17th century Baroque Flemish /Friesland artist Boetius Bolswert.
NOTE: I am selling my collection of antiquarian "Angel / Demon" illustrations & cards from the 1400's - 1800's.
To see more Similar RARE Antique cards and illustrations, Click Here: (( MORE ITEMS LIKE THIS ))
====================================================================================================
Because Via Vitae was published in Latin, I needed to find a translation of this book to be able to understand the symbolism.
Rev. Isaac Williams (prominent in the Oxford Movement) published his amazing poetic translation of "Viae Vitae Aeternae" in 1842.
The text below comes from my personal copy of an 1842 First Edition of the translation, "The Baptistery, or the Way of Eternal Life, " by Isaac Williams.
I am providing Isaac Williams' translation so you may gain a better appreciation for Bolswert's authentic 17th Century illustration being offered. Enjoy!
Translation by Isaac Williams: Plate 28 -- text below explains the symbolism
"STEP EACH HOUR CLOSER to your Heavenly Audience....
Be careful of thine actions, and regulate them as in the presence of God
to the glory of His great Name.
Consider what things thou hast to do during this day, and at this very hour [A] ; and in like manner as if thou wert running in a race, direct all thy works [B] and all thy steps to the goal, that is to say, to the glory of God, — with a burning heart [C]. And be assured of this, that without the Grace of God thou art utterly helpless, and canst do nothing [D]. Pray therefore for this Grace, and do all thy works as in weight, number, and measure [E] ; and not otherwise than if Death were following close behind thee [F] ; and an Angel [G] and an Evil Spirit [H] were watchfully observing thee by the way, and all thy actions. Moreover do all thy works in such a manner [I] as if thy grave were already being dug for thee [K] . Nor this only, but perform all thy actions after the example of Christ and His Saints [L],
that they may be such as the Angels [M] may bear and offer before God.
But above all things consider always and remember this, that God [N], and the company of Heaven, are at all times beholding thee. ”====================================================================================
Circa 400 year old 1st Edition 1620 print, Plate 10 illustration (leaf), plus caption / explanation page, plus several pages of text.
This engraved illustration was removed from a damaged copy of this very important “emblem book, ” which is said to unite
the spiritual meditations and practices of the Belgian Jesuit Antoine Sucquet with fine emblematic illustrations devised
by the great baroque engraver Boetius a Bolswert (c. 1580-1633),
called by Praz 'the illustrator of the sentimental and ecstatic states of the soul'.
Illustrations for this "illustrated parables" project are Boetius A. Bolswert's haunting views of Hell and glimpses of Heaven.
Man's worse drives are iconized through symbols and satyrs, ghouls, harpies, werewolves, and semi-human lizards,
while man's progress towards eternal life is shown by symbols as ever hindered by the multifarious and rapacious beast within."
Via Vitae was first published over 50 years before the first edition of John Bunyan's allegorical Pilgrim's Progress.
This 1st Edition 1620 book page above comes from a contemplative Jesuit Catholic work published in Latin during the Counter-Reformation.
Eventually, Christian Protestants also grew to appreciate this work. Due to the popularity of this book, it was reissued in later editions.
The actual page you are considering to purchase is 397 years old -- I removed it myself from my damaged 1620 edition.
The purpose of this work was to stir the imagination and explore spiritual themes such as:
Apocalypse & Judgment Day / the End Times & the Return of Jesus Christ at the End of Days
Death, Eternal Destiny, & Heaven and Hell / Free Will, Moral Choices, and the Consequences of Vice & Virtue
Prayer, Meditation, and Spiritual Exercises for Progress along The Way of Life ("Religious Self Help")
Faith / Love / Penance / Confession / Prayer / Meditation / Sin / Charity / Virtues / Vices / Perfection / Time
The Holy Church as the Bride of Christ / Saints as Examples / Communion, Sacraments, Baptism, etc.
Authentic 1620 First Edition book illustration - - 100% Guaranteed Original
Please ... SEE the above HUGE SCANS to note any and all FLAWS!
Each Page Size: -- Approx. 4.25 x 7.125 inches. / Image Size: -- Approx. 3.75 x 5.25 inches.I've been researching and collecting images of
Angels, Demons, Spirits, Fairies, pagan gods, Cherubs, etc. for many years.
I'm now selling my 19th Century collection of antique fairy, elf, gnome, Brownies, mermaid, etc. cards,
including the actual Wee Folk cards as photographed for my Victorian Fairy book!For my book about "Victorian Fairies, " order for $14.95 (free shipping):
- My color illustrated book of Fairies is found on ebay. Click Here: (( Victorian Fairies ))
======================================================================================
* MORE GREAT pre-1900 Angel / Religion / Fairy / Demon / Literary = use "Search within my store"
or Visit my store:
Click this Hot Link: Old Cards - Daves Great CardsGalore
======================================================================================
======================================================================================
All of my items are Authentic Antiques = 100% Guaranteed Original
After 40 years of collecting, I'm thinning my archives of thousands of pre-1900 cards and prints.
My inventory includes items
ranging from common and affordable to one-of-a-kind rarities that I have used to illustrate
my over 150 articles that I have published, along with numerous books I've published, including
My ... now out-of-print 1996 classic book that helped
define the hobby of Victorian Trade Card collecting:
VICTORIAN TRADE CARDS
HISTORICAL REFERENCE & VALUE GUIDE,
by Dave Cheadle.
Be sure to subscribe to my STORE NEWSLETTER and to add me to your favorites list!
As a life-long collector and social historian, and
as the founding editor of the Trade Card Collectors Association's journal, "The Trade Card Quarterly, "
I can certify that all items offered are authentic and fully guaranteed-- full refunds without question if not as represented.
FREE Shipping with professional packaging within United States: - YES!
World Wide First Class International Shipping = $8.00.
More GREAT ADVERTISING TRADE CARDS, ephemera,
Historical Paper Americana, 19th Century and antique cards etc. like this
right now for ~ Immediate Purchase ~ in my store
as -- BUY IT NOW
= Visit my store:
Click this Hot Link: Old Cards - Daves Great CardsGalore
=========================================================================
MORE! Pre-1900 ~ VINTAGE CARDS & ANTIQUARIAN PRINTS !
= Visit my store:
Click this Hot Link: Old Cards - Daves Great CardsGalore
=======================================================================
Supernatural Occult Magic Miracle Satanic Charismatic Prophetic Prophesy Divine, etc. themes
