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Without part 2 (32 emblems). Bookseller's ticket.
Ref.
French embl. bks F.102. Landwehr (Romanic) 153.
Not in BN Paris, Embl. bks Leiden, Goldsmith (BL London).
We join
:
Snecanus, Gellius
- Methodica descriptio sive Fundamentum praecipuorum locorum communium,
aut dogmatum S. Scripturae de cognitionibus Dei, & Hominis, hujusque triplici in hac vita statu (…). "Iuxta
Harlemum, ex officina Ioannis Theophili, 1591" [= Franeker, Gillis van den Rade, 1591], 8vo, old leather
(partly rebacked and repaired), [40]-413-[1] pp. (of 992 numb. pp., lacking all after g3; cut short, dampstain
in 1st half). Unfortunately incomplete copy of a rare theological treatise, dedicated to Willem Lodewijk of
Nassau, by G. Snecanus (1540-1600), 1st publ. Leiden 1584. Woodcut mark on title.
Ref.
Typogr. Batava
2071. STCN (1). Laceulle-vdKerk p. 295. Adams S-1327. (2 vol.)
920
BORNITIUS, Jacobus -
Emblemata ethico politica (…). Mainz, L. Bourgeat, 1669, 4to, later
half sheep (somewhat worn, joints split, head and tail def.), gilt flat spine, 2 parts : [2]-100 (=
101)-[1], 101-[3] pp. (incl. final blank) (paper age-toned and spotted, occ. dampstaining, top of
A1-3 with ink damage, title cut out and mounted, worming in top margin of quires Ff-Gg).
Cfr.
ill.
€ 250/350
2nd ed. (1st Heidelberg 1664) of a "political" emblem book. Title within elaborate engr. border (with 10
circular emblems),
100 (50 + 50) engr. emblems
by
N. Meerfeldt
.
Ref.
VD-17 1:069331K. Landwehr
(German) 141. Embl. bks Leiden 63. Paisey (BL London) B-1874. Praz 282.
921
BOUHOURS, Dominique, S.J. -
Les entretiens d'Ariste et d'Eugene. Paris, S. Mabre-Cramoisy,
1671, 4to, cont. sp. sheep (rubbed), gilt spine (joints splitting, def. at head and tail), red sp. edges,
[12]-445-[39] pp. (age-toned, occasional spotting and staining). Good
large paper copy. Cfr. ill.
€ 200/300
1st ed.
of this important treatise of the Jesuit Bouhours (1628-1702) on the nature and definition of the
device. Unillustrated section "Les devises" (pp. 258-445). 1st state of the printed title. Engr. front. by
L.
Cossin
after F. Chauveau. Engr. mark on title. Old bookpl.
Ref.
Fr. embl. bks F.118. Daly/Dimler (Jesuit
emblem) J. 56. De Backer/Sommervogel I c. 1899 nr. 8. Landwehr (Romanic) 180. Praz 284.
922
BOXHORN, Marcus Zuerius -
Emblemata politica, & orationes. Amsterdam, J. Janssonius,
(col.: Leiden, W.C. van der Boxe), 1635, 12mo, old gilt calf, spine on 4 raised bands (head def.),
[28]-258-[2] pp. (paper age-toned and spotted). Good copy.
€ 150/200
1st ed.
(2nd 1651) of the political prose emblems and the academic speeches of the Leiden professor
Boxhornius (1612-1653).
19 numb. engr. emblems
by the De Passe workshop, taken from J. Reifenberg's
"Emblemata politica" (1632). Title in red & black.
Ref.
Landwehr 75. STCV (5, i.a. BL London). Embl. bks
Leiden 68. Praz 286.
923
BOXHORN, Marcus Zuerius -
Emblemata politica, & orationes. Amsterdam, J. Janssonius,
(col.: Leiden, W.C. van der Boxe), 1635, 12mo, cont. armorial vellum (hole in spine), flat spine,
blue edges, [28]-258-[2] pp. (paper age-toned and spotted, bottom corner dampstained,
endpapers and flylvs wormed touching last f., cut bit short shaving 1 engr.). Good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 150/200
1st ed.
(2nd 1651) of the political prose emblems and the academic speeches of the Leiden professor
Boxhornius (1612-1653).
19 numb. engr. emblems
by the De Passe workshop, taken from J. Reifenberg's
"Emblemata politica" (1632). Title in red & black. On covers the blindstamped arms (front) and titles (back)
of Ioachim Freyherr von Windhagen (1651). Ownership entries on title erased or torn off, bookpl. on verso
removed.
Ref.
Landwehr 75. STCV (5, i.a. BL London). Embl. bks Leiden 68. Praz 286.
924
CAMERARIUS, Joachim -
Symbolorum ac emblematum ethico-politicorum centuriae quatuor
(…). Mainz, L. Bourgeat, 1702, 2 vols, 8vo, cont. sheep (worn, joints split, head, tail, corners
def.), gilt spines, 4 parts : [4]-201-[7], 205-[3], 206-[2], 201-[1] pp. (age-toned and spotted, tear
Eeee5 rep.). Copy on coarse paper.
Cfr. ill.
€ 300/400
Rare later repr. (after the ed. Mainz 1697) of a famous Renaissance emblem book by the German humanist
Camerarius (1534-1598). Engr. front. &
400 circular engr. emblems
.
Ref.
Landwehr (German) 173. Cp.
Praz 295-296. Not in Embl. bks Leiden, BL London, BN Paris.
925
CATS, Jacob -
Al de wercken. Dordrecht, J. Savry, 1659, 13 parts in 1 vol., 4to, mod. cloth, gilt
orn. spine on 5 raised bands (joints strengthened), [16]-120, [20]-32, [4]-15-[7], [2]-202-[10],
[2]-36, [8]-175-[1 bl.], [16]-289-[7], [16]-76, [4]-32, [6]-26, [6]-26, [2]-10, [4]-70-[2] pp. (quire
A misbound, lower margins of some ff. repaired, dampstaining & somewhat browning).
€ 250/350
Later ed. (1st 1655) of the collected works of the Dutch statesman and poet Jacob Cats (1577-1660).
Engr.
ills
: title with author's portrait (sl. browned), part titles or titles with ills after
A. Van de Venne
, more than