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Zürich, Chr. (II) Froschauer, 1584, 8vo, mod. wr., [16]-92 ff. (paper age-toned, cut short occ.
touching fore-edge marginalia, some ff. stained). Good copy.
€ 200/300
Very rare treatise on the dispute among Christian theologians on the doctrine of transsubstantiation in the
Eucharist. Martin Beumler (1555-1611) was professor of Greek and Old Testament studies at Zürich.
Woodcut mark on title.
Ref.
VD-16 B-2317. Index Aur. 118.326. Adams B-852.
Emblemata ~ Emblemata
915
ALCIATUS, Andreas -
Emblemata, cum Claudii Minois (…) commentariis (…) [4th ed.].
Leiden, Plantin Press (F. Raphelengius), 1591, 8vo, cont. vellum (soiled), flat spine, 718-[42] pp.
(some minor staining, marg. worming in quire 'i' occ. touching some letters). Good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 250/350
Rare Leiden ed. (also publ. in 16mo) of the model emblem book of Alciato (1492-1550), with the commentary
(1st 1571) by Cl. Mignault (1536-1606).
196 woodcut emblems + 14 woodcut ills of trees
. Woodcut mark on
title. Cont. acquisition note on title and ms. note at the end.
Ref.
Pettegree Nb 481. Index Aur.103.048 Typ.
Bat. 97. Adams A-612. Landwehr 22. Embl. bks Leiden 20.
916
AMBOISE, Adrian d' -
Devises royales. Paris, R. Boutonné, 1621, [2]-66 (= 68) pp. [bound
after]
AMBOISE, François d'
- Discours ou traicté des devises. Ou est mise la raison et
differences des emblemes, enigmes, sentences & autres (…) [ed. Adrian d'Amboise]. Ibidem,
1620, [8]-178-[2] pp., 2 works in 1 vol., 8vo, 19th-c. goldtooled crimson morocco, covers with
triple gilt border, richly gilt spine, gilt sides, a.e.g., marbled endpapers, cloth marker (inner
margin of 1st ff. sl. browning, top margin of last ff. strengthened, worming in blank top margin
of quires F-L with partial repairs, and in last f. touching some letters). Good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 200/300
1.
Very rare collection of devices for kings by A. d'Amboise (born 1598). Engr. title and
13 half-page engr.
devices
: "each incorporating a motto, and each beginning on a new page; a French trsl. of the motto
precedes a commentary in French prose" (French embl. bks).
Ref.
French embl. bks F.073. Landwehr
(Romanic) 109. Praz 253. Goldsmith (BL London) A-359. Not in Embl. bks Leiden.
2.
Unillustrated prose
treatise on devices and emblems.
Ref.
Fr. embl. bks F.074. Landwehr 108. Praz 253. Goldsmith A-358. Not
in Embl. bks Leiden.
917
ARNDT, Johann -
Des weyland Hocherleuchteten Theologi, Herrn Johann Arndten/ General-
Superintendentens des Fürstenthums Lüneburg/ Sämmtliche Bücher vom Wahren Christenthum
(...). Frankfurt a.M, R.E. Möller, 1725, 8vo, cont. black morocco over wood, spine on 5 raised
bands, metal clasps on leather tongues with pin fastening, a.e.g. (soiled), decor. endpapers, [12]-
60-[2]-1232-[72] pp. Nice well-preserved copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 300/400
Rare ed. of the voluminous influential devotional writings of the Lutheran preacher Johann Arndt (1555-
1621). Double-page engr. front. with author's portrait.
56 full-page engr. emblems,
depicting i.a. beehives
(pp. 40 & 485), a camera obscura (p. 4), a telescope (p. 293), a printing press (p. 424) and a rocket (p. 497).
Double-page title in red & black.
Ref.
Cp. Landwehr (German) 70 (1733 ed. of same publisher). Cp. Praz
262 (id.). Not in BL London, Embl. bks Leiden.
918
BAUDOUIN, Jean -
Recueil d'emblemes divers. Avec des discours moraux, philosophiques, et
politiques, tirez de diuers autheurs, anciens & modernes (- Seconde partie). Paris, J. Villery,
1646-1647, 8vo, 2 vols (not uniform) : (I) mod. overl. vellum, flat spine, marbled endpapers, [32
(of 34)]-679-[1] pp. (lacking engr. title, minor soiling). Good copy. (II) cont. calf (rubbed, joints
splitting, head def.), double gilt ruled border on covers, spine on 4 raised bands, [18 (of 22)]-610
(of 620) pp. (lacking 2 prel. and 2 final ff., and Qq2-4; paper age-toned and spotted, somewhat
dampstaining, frontisp. cut out and mounted). Acceptable copy.
€ 120/160
Rare 2nd ed. (1st 1638-1639) of the annotated emblems of J. Baudoin (1590-1650). Vol. I with woodcut arms
on title and
68 full-page engr. emblems
. Vol. II with an engr. frontisp. (dated 1639), woodcut arms on title,
and
71 full-page engr. emblems
. Stamp on title.
Ref.
French embl. bks F.096. Landwehr (Romanic) 146.
Praz 267. Not in Embl. bks Leiden, Goldsmith (BL London), BN Paris.
919
BERTHOD, François, O.F.M -
Emblesmes sacrez, tirez de l'Écriture sainte, et des Pères.
Inventez et expliquez en vers français, avec une brieve meditation sur le mesme sujet (…). Paris,
E. Loyson, 1699, 12mo, cont. sheep (worn, joints splitting), gilt spine, [16]-258 (= 256) pp.
(paper age-toned, dampstained at bottom, some spotting and staining).
€ 100/150
Extr. rare 3rd ed. (2nd copy recorded?) of the 1st part, complete in itself, of a French religious emblem book
by the Franciscan Berthod (fl. 1656-1665). Ill. with
34 numb. engr. emblems
. Woodcut device on title.