Version HTML de base
works in 1 vol., 8vo, cont. vellum, flat spine (paper age-toned and spotted, some dampstaining at
the end). Very good copy
Cfr. ill.
€ 800/1000
1. Only ed.
of a rare collection of religious emblems, with mottoes and stanzas in Latin, German, French and
Italian. Alternate versos and rectos were left blank (to be used as album amicorum?).
100 (50 + 50) engr.
emblems
. Title within elaborate engr. border. Woodcut mark at the end. Ownership entries on front flyleaf.
Ref.
VD-17 1:078961L & 1:078963A. Landwehr (German) 215. Paisey (BL London) C-1212 (Pt. 1 only).
Praz 310. Not in BN Paris, Embl. bks Leiden.
2.
Extr. rare religious emblem book by a Giessen and Marburg
professor. The 2 titles as well as the majority of the texts in Latin and in German.
57 circular engr. emblems
within square border. Title within an elaborate engr. border. Large woodcut mark at the end.
Ref.
Praz 433.
BN Paris (1). Not in VD-17! Not in Landwehr, Paisey, Embl. bks Leiden.
931
DE LA RUE, Carolus, S.J -
Idyllia [3rd enl. ed.]. Paris, S. Bernard, 1672, 12mo, cont. sp.
leather, gilt spine on 5 raised bands (rubbed, def. at head/tail), gilt sides, sp. edges, 108 pp. Very
good copy.
€ 200/300
Enl. ed. of this victory celebration in praise of Louis XIV by the French Jesuit Ch. de la Rue (1643-1725), 1st
publ. Rouen 1669. It is a collection of occasional poems, odes and imitations by various hands. Engr. ill. on
title, engr. head and tail pieces, and 7 engr. emblems by L. Cossin.
Ref.
French embl. bks F.385.
Daly/Dimler (Jesuit emblem) J.860. De Backer/Sommervogel VII c. 291 nr. 10. Embl. bks Leiden 290. Praz
396.
932
DILHERR, Johannes Michael -
Heilige Sonn- und Festtags-Arbeit, Das ist : deutliche
Erklärung der jährlichen Sonn-und Festtäglichen Evangelien : in welcher dreyständig-
nachdenckliche Sinnbilder vorangesetzet (...). Nürnberg, Heirs of W. Endter, 1674, folio, cont.
calf, spine on 5 raised bands, [44]-1122-[74] pp. (tear in lower margins of pp. 145 & 411, minor
spotting). Good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 1000/1400
3rd ed. (1st 1660) of one of the rarest and voluminous devotional books of Dilherr (1604-1669), important
preacher, educator and poet in Nürnberg.
Engr. ills
: title by Cornelis Nicole Schurtz and
81 large emblems
in text by J.F. Fleischberger after C. Strauch. Ownership entry "P.A. Akerlund Backa 1849".
Ref.
VD-17
23:269044B. Landwehr (German) 218. Praz II 316. Not in Paisey (BL London).
933
DREXELIUS, Hieremias, S.J. -
Zodiacus christianus locupletatus seu Signa .XII. diuinae
praedestinationis totidem symbolis explicata (…) [5th ed.]. München, M. Segen, 1631, 12mo,
cont. vellum (def. at lower cover), flat spine (defect.), metal clasps on leather tongue with pin
fastening (1 defect.), [19]-183 (= 184)-[1] pp. (upper margin spotted, last ff. stained, tear in D1).
Good copy.
€ 150/250
Repr. (1st München 1618) of a popular Christian emblem book on the signs of the Zodiac. Engr. title,
13
emblematical engr.
by R. Sadeler. Old acquisition note on A2r. Libr. ticket and stamp.
Ref.
VD-17
23:267994Z. Dünnhaupt II:1377 nr. 5.13. Daly/Dimler (Jesuit emblem) J.450. De Backer/Sommervogel III c.
184 nr. 4. Not in Landwehr, Paisey (BL London), Embl. bks Leiden.
Joined
:
Engelgrave, Henricus, S.J.
- Lux evangelica sub velum sacrorum emblematum recondita in anni
dominicas selecta historia & morali doctrina varie adumbratae (…). Cologne, for sale in Amsterdam, J. van
Meurs, 1655, 12mo, cont. sheep (rubbed, some wormholes), metal clasps on leather tongue with pin
fastening, spine on 4 raised bands, red edges, [24]-826-[58] pp. (paper age-toned and spotted, some soiling).
Pt. 2 (of 3), complete in itself, of these religious emblems by Engelgrave (1610-1670). Copied after the
Antwerp 1652 ed. Engr. title,
52 engr. emblems
. Printed in 2 cols. Old ownership entry on title.
Ref.
Daly/Dimler J.516 (II). Landwehr 223 (II). VD-16 12:19984Z. De Backer/Sommervogel III c. 395 nr. 1.
BCNI 11136. (2 vol.)
934
GOMBERVILLE, Marin Le Roy de -
La doctrine des moeurs, ou sont representés en cent
tableaux la difference des passions, qui enseignent la maniere de parvenir à la Sagesse
universelle. Paris, A. Soubron, 1681, 12mo, cont. sheep (lower joint starting to split), richly gilt
spine, sp. edges, [16]-412-[2 ] pp. (tear in I5-6, N1, Ii1). Good copy
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€ 300/400
Rare ed. (1st Paris 1646) of this emblem book, closely modelled on O. Vaenius' "Q. Horatii Flacci
emblemata" (1607).
103 engr. emblems
(60 + 43). Collector's ticket Saint-Julien, Royaucourt.
Ref.
French
embl. bks F.273. Landwehr (Romanic) 477. Praz 402. Not in Embl. bks Leiden.
935
HUGO, Herman, S.J. -
Gottseelige Begierden der büssenden/ heiligen und in Godt verliebten
Seelen. Jetzo zum ersten mal in Teutscher Sprach in dieses Format eingerichtet/ und mit
dergleichen Kupfern gezieret. Sulzbach, A. Lichtenthaler, 1669, 8vo, cont. leather (worn, clasps
gone), flat spine, a.e.g., [8]-494 (= 492)-[60] pp. (paper age-toned and spotted). Good copy.
€ 350/450