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front flyleaf.
Ref.
Griffante (Ediz. venez. Seicento) S-12. Landwehr (Romanic) 668. Praz 484. BN Paris (1).
Not in Embl. bks Leiden, Rhodes (BL London).
958
SCHOONHOVIUS, Florentius -
Emblemata (…), partim moralia, partim etiam civilia. Cum
latiori eorundem ejusdem auctoris interpretatione. Accedunt et alia quaedam Poematia (…).
Amsterdam, J. Janssonius, 1635, 4to, cont. vellum (front flyleaf gone), flat spine (tail defect.),
[12]-235-[1] pp. (paper age-toned, occ. spotting or staining). Very good copy.
Cfr. ill.€ 250/350
Re-issue of the 1626 Elzevier ed. with a new title. Engr. title, full-page engr. portrait facing p. 1,
74 engr.
emblems
.
Ref.
Landwehr 729. Praz 493 ("the most common emblem book"). STCN (2). Cp. Willems 261.
959
SEBASTIANUS A MATRE DEI, O.Carm.Disc. -
Firmamentum symbolicum, in quo Deiparae
elogia, quibus, velut firmamentum stellis, est exornata, symbolice depinguntur (…). Lublin, at
the expence of G. Förster (at Danzig), 1652, 4to, cont. limp vellum (worn and loosening), flat
spine, [14]-265-[7] pp. (paper age-toned, dampstained throughout, bottom margin of 1st ff. dam.
with loss of text). Apart of the 1st lvs, an acceptable copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 300/400
Extr. rare religious emblem book on the Holy Virgin,
publ. at Lublin for a Danzig bookseller
. The work was
severely criticised by Menestrier ("Pour les devises et les emblêmes il ne faut que les voir pour juger qu'il n'a
jamais entendu les regles des unes ni des autres", Praz 199).
50 engr. emblems
by
A. Loemans
after J.
Thomas. Ecclesiastic ownership entry on title.
Ref.
Praz 495. Weston (Stirling Maxwell) 1496. Bibl. Mariana
Lovan. 1481. Cicognara ("bella edizione"). VD-17 (only a link to a digital copy in München). Not in
Landwehr.
960
SMIDS, Ludolph -
Emblemata heroica, of de medalische sinnebeelden der ses en dertigh
Graaven van Holland, met konstplaten vercierd. Amsterdam, J. Oosterwyk & H. Vande Gaete,
1712, 8vo, cont. sheep (rubbed), gilt spine on 5 raised bands, gilt sides, sp. edges, [16]-72-[8] pp.
(paper age-toned, dampstained). Good copy.
€ 150/250
Rare collection of emblematic devices of the Counts of Holland, collected by the Amsterdam physician and
poet L. Smids (1649-1720). Engr. front. and
36 full-page engr
by
I. Schynvoet
. Each plate with 2 sides of the
medals.
Ref.
Landwehr 732. STCN (i.a. BL London). Embl. bks Leiden 469. Praz 498.
961
STENGEL, Georg, S.J. -
Ova paschalia sacro emblemate inscripta descriptaque [2nd ed.].
München, N. Heinrich, 1635, 8vo, 19th c. half leather (rubbed), gilt flat spine with leather label,
[40]-604-[28] pp. (lacking pp. 87-88; quire "b" erroneously bound at the end; cut short occ.
shaving margins, paper age-toned and spotted, some staining, bottom edge S4 strengthened,
worming in quire "r" touching some letters). Acceptable copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 200/300
2nd ed., a re-issue of the orig. 1634 ed. of this famous collection of emblematic "Easter eggs" by the German
Jesuit Stengel (1585-1651). Engr. title, engr. portrait of Ferdinand III on verso of title, 2 engr. with 6
medallion portraits,
99 (of 100) nice engr. emblems in the form of an egg
. Ownership entry on top of title
(cropped).
Ref.
Daly/Dimler (Jesuit emblem) J.1405. De Backer/Sommervogel VII c. 1554 nr. 62. VD-17
23:305388Q. Landwehr (German) 554. Praz 504.
962
THEODORUS BRUNOVENSIS, O.F.M. Cap. -
Königliches Seelen-Panget/ Das ist:
Dreyhundert vnd Fünff- vnd sechzig anmüthige Monath- Gedächtnussen von dem
hochwürdigsten Sacrament des Altars (…). Erster Theil [no more publ.]. München, J. Jäcklin,
1666, 8vo, cont. overl. vellum covered with sp. paper (worn and loosening, spine gone), [20]-
755-[1] pp. Very good copy but for the binding.
€ 250/350
Extr. rare
only ed.
of this extensive emblematical commentary on the Eucharist. Engr. front. and
377 engr.
emblems
(biblical scenes adapted in an emblematical way). Emblems for each day of the year and for each
month. Monastic ownership entry at top of front.
Ref.
VD-17 32:681797A. Landwehr (German) 594. Not in
Praz, Paisey (BL London), BN Paris etc.
963
TYPOTIUS, Jacobus -
Symbola divina & humana pontificum, imperatorum, regum; ex Musaeo
Octavii de Strada (…). Arnhem, J. F. Hagen, 1679, 12mo, cont. sheep (worn), gilt spine (joints
split, head and tail def.), sp. edges, 398-[26] pp. (lacking engr. title; paper age-toned, minor
spotting). Good copy.
€ 150/200
Re-issue of the 1666 ed. in the version ed. by Anselmus Boetius de Boodt (1550-1632). Ill. with
2 full-page
engr. devices
and
175 engr.
with 350 devices. Collector's stamp on title.
Ref.
Landwehr 801. STCN (5, i.a.
BL London). Praz 518. Not in Embl. bks Leiden.
Joined
:
Idem
- Symbola varia diversorum principum, archiducum, ducum, comitum & marchionum totius
Italiae. Cum facili isagoge D. Anselmi de Boot Brugensis (…). Arnhem, Widow J.Fr. Hagen, 1681 (date
altered to 1686 by stamping), 12mo, cont. overl. vellum (sl. loosening, tail def.), flat spine, [4]-487-[1] pp.
(paper age-toned, bottom dampstained, bottom edge of 1st ff. frayed). Rather poor copy. 3rd part of Typotius'