'tBosch der eremyten ende eremitinnen, van Aegypten ende Palestinen
A 1644 Flemish devotional book, printed in Antwerp by Verdussen and reissued by Paets, collecting lives of Egyptian and Palestinian desert hermits and saints with engravings after Abraham Bloemaert and Christoffel van Sichem. The pictures are small, framed black-and-white engravings with a caption beneath each saint, showing solitary ascetics in prayer, meditation and penance in rocky, wooded landscapes, offering a designer ideas for ascetic poses, desert settings and hatched line shading.
