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MENESTRIER, Claude-François, S.J. -
La philosophie des images. Composé d'un ample
recueil de devises, & du jugement de tous les ouvrages qui ont été faits sur cette matiere [-
Devises des princes, cavaliers, dames, scavans, et autres personages illustres de l'Europe, ou la
Philosophie des images. Tome second]. Paris, R.J.B. de la Caille, 1682, 1683, 2 vol., 8vo cont.
sheep (sl. rubbed some stains), gilt spines (joints starting to split, head & tail def.), sp. edges,
[16]-126, 336 pp., [2]-507-[1] pp. (some quires age-toned, occ. spotting or staining, top corner of
C1 in Pt. 2 repaired, vol. II shorter than I). Good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 250/350
1
:
Important collection of symbols and devices, which discusses 49 authors. The devices are listed according
to subject matter. Ill. with
9 small woodcuts
(Pt. 2). Name on title.
Ref.
French embl. bks F.426A.
Daly/Dimler (Jesuit emblem) J.1027. De Backer/Sommervogel V c.924 nr. 84. Landwehr (Romanic) 515.
Praz 423. Not in Embl. bks Leiden.-
2
: Encyclopedic compendium of largely unillustrated devices.
66 sm. woodcut devices
. Collector's ticket on
title Laurentii Orceau. Ms. notes in French on lower flyleaf.
Ref.
French embl. bks F.428. Daly/Dimler
(Jesuit emblem) J.1002. De Backer/Sommervogel V c.925 nr. 85. Landwehr (Romanic) 515. Praz 423. Not in
Embl. bks Leiden.
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MENESTRIER, Claude-François, S.J. -
L'art des emblemes. Lyon, B. Coral, 1662, 8vo, later
vellum (loosening, stained), flat spine, sp. edges, [10]-160 (= 162)-[6] pp. (paper age-toned and
spotted, dampstain at top, worming in blank margin of last ff.).
€ 200/300
1st ed.
of this fundamental work on emblem theory by the prolific French Jesuit Menestrier (1631-1705). It is
a continuous prose treatise, with occasional engr. ills.
Engr. front.
by Thurneysen after Blanchet, 3 sm.
engr. in text and
9 full-page engr.
outside collation, modified versions of plates first used in the
"Réjouissances de la paix" (Lyon 1660).
Ref.
French embl. bks F.420. Daly/Dimler (Jesuit emblem) J.986.
De Backer/Sommervogel V c. 910 nr. 25. Landwehr (Romanic) 513. Praz 422 ("scarce"). Goldsmith (BL
London) M-879. Not in Embl. bks Leiden.
Joined
:
Estienne, Henry
- L'art de faire les devises, ou il est traicté des hieroglyphiques, symboles,
emblemes (…). Avec un traicté des rencontres ou mots plaisans (…). Paris, J. Paslé, 1645, 8vo, cont. limp
vellum (wrinkled), flat spine, [16 (of 26)]-266-[2] pp. (lacking engr. title and prelim. quire ê1-4; paper age-
toned, margins somewhat dampstained). Good copy. Essay on emblems etc., unillustrated.
Ref.
Fr. embl. bks
F. 239. Landwehr 278. Praz 330. Goldsmith E-336. (2 vol.)
948
MENESTRIER, Claude-François, S.J. -
Philosophia imaginum id est Sylloge symbolorum
amplissima (...) [Latin trsl. from the French]. Amsterdam/Danzig, Janssonio Waesbergii, 1695,
8vo, cont. vellum, flat spine, blue edges, [16]-847-[1] pp. (some minor soiling). Nice copy.
Cfr.
ill.
€ 250/350
Latin version of "La philosophie des images" (1682) of Menestrier (1631-1705), an important compendium
of emblematic imagery arranged as imprese. Engr. front. and
74 engr. emblems
. Title in red & black. Old
ownership entry on front endpaper. Collector's ticket Rémusat.
Ref.
VD-17 23:282306H. Daly/Dimler (Jesuit
emblem) J.1026. De Backer/Sommervogel V c.924 nr. 84. Landwehr (Dutch) 551. Praz 423. Paisey (BL
London) M-844. Not in Embl. bks Leiden.
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NERRINCQ, Franciscus, S.J. -
De goddelycke voorsienigheydt, uytgebeeldt in Joseph onder-
coninck van Egypten (...). Antwerp, Ign. Leyssens, 1710, 4to, contemp. polished sheep (rubbed,
corners bumped), gilt spine (def. at head and joints), [6]-282-[6] pp. (somewhat spotted). Good
copy.
€ 150/250
Only ed.
of this emblematical story of the biblical Joseph by the Jesuit Fr. Nerrincq (1655-1712). Engr. title
by L. Causé and
19 engr. emblems
. Armorial ecclesiastical bookplate with motto "Vigila ne devoreris".
Ref.
Daly/Dimler (Jesuit emblem) J.1074. Praz 435. Landwehr 593. BCNI 16871. De Backer-Sommervogel V c.
1638 nr. 2. STCV (2).
950
OFFELEN, Heinrich -
Devises et emblemes anciennes et modernes, tirées des plus celebres
auteurs. Avec plusieurs autres nouvellement inventées et mises en latin, en françois, en espagnol,
en italien, en anglais, en flamand, et en allemand, par les soins de Daniel de la Feuille.
Amsterdam, D. de la Feuille, 1691, 4to, later vellum, gilt ornamental border on covers, gilt flat
spine (joints splitting at top), 51-[1] ff. (paper age-toned, clear dampstains throughout). Good
copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 250/350
Emblematic compendium based on Vaenius, Paradin, Heinsius a.o. Engr. title depicting 7 sm. emblems and
coat-of-arms of Amsterdam,
50 full-page engr.
, each with 12 or 15 devices. The verso of each leaf, except the
last 2, is numb. with the number of that facing recto. Printed in roman and italic. Name on title.
Ref.
French
embl. bks F-450. Landwehr (Romanic) 547 = (Dutch) 193. STCN (3 i.a. BL London). Not in Embl. bks
Leiden.