NIESZPORKOWIC Ambrose - Analecta mensae Reginalis seu Historia imaginis odigitriae Divae Virginis Claromontanae Mariae a...

NIESZPORKOWIC Ambroży - Analecta mensae Reginalis seu Historia imaginis odigitriae Divae Virginis Claromontanae Mariae a Divo Lvca Evangelista in Cupressina Domus Nazaraeae mensa depictae, origine, magnalijs, miraculis, gratijs admirabilis & amabilis [...] per Ambrosivm Nieszporkowitz [...]. Cracoviae 1681. ex Officina Schedeliana. 4, s. [24], 336, [9]. Bound in period leather.
E.23, 134. Cover abrasions, loss of upper spine section, first four pages with glued corner loss, second page (dedication page) missing, engraving missing, title page dusty, minor stains, trace of dampness on some pages. On the back of the title page a woodcut coat of arms of John III Sobieski (with a small loss), to whom the work was dedicated. "Analecta" is the most widely read work of the Częstochowa preacher. They contain the history of the image and cult of Our Lady of Czestochowa. The whole work is divided into 12 parts, of which the fourth describes "the victory over the Turks, Muscovites and Tartars," while the eleventh describes "the siege by the Swedes" (Estreicher). In 1683, a Polish translation titled "Odrobiny stół królewskiego" was published.