'tBosch der eremyten ende eremitinnen, van Aegypten ende Palestinen
By: met figuren van Abraham Blommaert, door Christophorus à Sichem. Met kort verhael van eens yders leven, getrocken uyt het Vaders-Boeck door H. Ian van Gorcum, priester, ende H. R. Societatus Iesu
Contributors: Gorcum, Jan van, d. 1628; Rosweyde, Heribert, 1569-1629; Sichem, Christoffel van, 1581?-1658; Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528; Delaune, Etienne, 1518?-1583; Paets, P. I.
Publisher: by I. Verdussen, nu herdruct by P. I. Paets
Published: 1644
Place of publication: Eerst t'Antwerpen
Language: dut
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: Hermits; Early works to 1800; Hermits in art; Christian saints; Legends; Christian saints in art
Other titles: Vitae patrum.
Work titles: Sylva anachoretica Aegypti et Palestinae
Notes: Funck: Livre belge à gravures, p. 324.

Signatures: A⁴ B-Z⁸, ²A⁴.

Title in woodcut border with 6 named hermits. On t.p. verso is Van Sichem's woodcut copy of Dürer's 1519 engraving of St. Anthony; see Funck. Some of the 88 woodcuts of male and female hermits are full page (a few repeats). Initials (mostly historiated). Woodcut head-piece and tail-pieces are mostly printed white on black (repeats). They include 2 designs after engravings by Etienne Delaune; see C. Pollet, Gravures d'Etienne Delaune, 40, 50.

Funck, M.  Livre belge à gravures, p. 324