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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.
Joined
:
Idem
- Carminum libri quatuor [5th ed.]. Paris, Widow S. Benard, 1688, 12mo, 18th-c. marbled
calf, richly gilt flat spine, marbled endpapers, red silk marker, 233-[1] pp. (lacking engr. front.; worming in
blank fore-edge margin touching a few letters). Good copy. Collection of the imprese or devices of French
kings, bishops and personages at the court of Louis XIV. Book 3 "Symbola heroica" contains the devices.
Engr. ill. on title and
26 engr. emblems
(Bk. 3). Old ownership entry on title.
Ref.
Fr. embl. bks F.387.
Daily/Dimler J. 852. DE Backer/Sommervogel VII c. 291 nr. 10. Landwehr 460. Praz 396. Not in Embl. bks
Leiden. (2 vol.)
942
LE JAY, Gabriel François, S.J. -
Le triomphe de la religion sous Louis le Grand, représenté par
des inscriptions & des devises, avec une explication en vers latins & françois. Paris, G. Martin,
1687, 12mo, cont. marbled calf (rubbed, front joint starting to split), gilt spine (def. at head and
tail), sp. edges, 131-[1] pp. (paper age-toned, minor spotting, some marginal soiling, blank top
and bottom margin of front. cut off). Good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 200/300
Rare work by the French Jesuit Le Jay (1657-1734) celebrating the
revocation of the Edict of Nantes
, and in
particular the "panegyric" pronounced at the Jesuit Collège de Louis le Grand on 17 december 1686. The
trsl. of the Latin verses is by Fontenelle. Engr. front. and
22 engr. emblems
.
Ref.
French embl. bks F.389.
Daly/Dimler (Jesuit emblem) J.871. De Backer/Sommervogel IV c. 766 nr. 2. Landwehr (Romanic) 465. Praz
400. Cp. Embl. bks Leiden 293 (other issue).
943
LUIKEN, Joannes -
De bykorf des gemoeds, honing zaamelende uit allerly bloemen.
Vervattende over de honder konstige figuuren. Met godlyke spreuken en stichtelyke verzen.
Amsterdam, Widow P. Arentz and K. vander Sys, 1711, 8vo, cont. vellum, flat spine, sp. edges,
[10]-404-[2] pp. (some minor spotting). Good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 250/350
1st ed
. of a fine emblem book, with many ills from daily life. Engr. front.,
101 engr. emblems
.
Ref.
Klaversma/Hannema 922-926. Landwehr 509.
We join
:
[Huygen, Pieter]
- De beginselen van Gods Koninkryk in den mensch. Uitgedrukt in zinne-beelden
(...). Hier zyn bygevoegt de Stichtelyke rymen van J(an) H(uygen) [3rd ed.]. Amsterdam, (J. van Hardenberg
for) J. van Nieuweveen, 1700, 8vo, cont. vellum (soiled), flat spine, 2 parts : [14]-158 (= 160)-[4] pp., [20
(of 24)]-141-[3] pp. (lacking 11 ff. with plates; paper age-toned). Good copy. 3rd ed. of the religious Dutch
emblems by Pieter Huygen (1662-1724), publ. in various issues. In addition the 1st ed. of the poetry of his
brother Jan (1649-after 1700). Pt I: engr. front. and
25 engr. emblems by J. Luiken
. Pt. II: 11 engr. (all
lacking in this copy).
Ref.
Landwehr 371 & 361. Praz 380. Cp. Klaversma/Hannema (Luiken) 729 (other
issue). Cp. Embl. bks Leiden 263 (other issue).
944
LUZVIC, Stephanus, S.J -
Cor deo devotum, Jesu pacifici Salomonis thronus regius. Cui
adjunctae ex P. Binet imaginum expositionculae. Frankfurt, Bäuerlein, 1722, 12mo, [24]-223-[1]
pp. (minor spotting) [bound with]
THUILLIER, Vincent
- Historia concertationis de auctore
libelli de imitatione Christi (…). Augsburg, for J. Strötter, 1726, [12]-96 pp. (minor spotting), 2
works in 1 vol., blindstamped pigskin (sl. rubbed), clasps pres., spine on 4 raised bands, red
edges, mod. slipcase. Good copy.
€ 200/300
1.
Later Latin ed. by Charles Musart (1582-1653) of "Le coeur dévot" (first publ. 1626) by Luzvic (1567-
1640).
Engr. ills
: 1 on title and
20 full-page engr. emblems
by M. Nunzerin after A. Wierix. Title in red &
black.
Ref.
Daly/Dimler (Jesuit emblem) J.933. Landwehr (German) 407. Praz 408. De Backer/Sommervogel
V c. 1464 nr. 6.
2.
Latin ed. by Thomas Aquina Erhard (1675-1743) of this religious work by the Benedictine V. Thuillier
(1684-1736). It was first publ. in "Oeuvres posthumes" of D.J. Mabillon and D. Thierry Ruinard (Paris,
1724, 4to).
Ref.
VD-18 14739046-001. Barbier III:20569.
945
MENESTRIER, Claude-François, S.J. -
Histoire du roy Louis le Grand par les medailles,
emblêmes, devises, jettons, inscriptions, armoiries, et autres monuments publics (...). Augmentée
de 5. planches. Paris [= Amsterdam], J.B. Nolin, 1691, folio, later boards (somewhat rubbed,
corners bumped), flat spine (somewhat rubbed), 54 ff. (minor spotting, very sl. browned). Good
copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 250/300
Counterfeit ed. (1st Paris 1689) of the biography of Louis XIV by Menestrier (1631-1705).
Engr. ills
: title,
2
folding pl.
(i.a. "veue de la Place des Victoires")
and 59 full-page pl.
depicting a portrait of the King with
sonnet, medals, coat-of-arms, incl. 5 additional pl. showing 28 caricatures. Engr. bookpl. of Friedrich
Nicolai (1733-1811), German author, bookseller and one of the leading figures of the age of the
Enlightenment.
Ref.
French emblem books F.433. Daly/Dimler (Jesuit emblem) J.1014. Landwehr (Romanic)
519. De Backer/Sommervogel V
933-34 n. 113. Berlin Kat. 4259. Praz 424.