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work, also ed. by De Boodt. Engr. front. by J. Mulder with imprint "Amsterdam, Y. Haring, 1686".
Ref.
Landwehr 808. STCN (3). Praz 518. Not in Emblem bks Leiden. (2 vol.)
964
Typus mundi
in quo eius calamitates et pericula nec non diuini humanique amoris antipathia
emblematice proponuntur a RR.C.S.I.A. Antwerp, J. Cnobbaert, 1627, 12mo, old sheep (rubbed,
head dam.), gilt spine, 240 (= 140)-[4] pp. (cut very short shaving margins or catch words, paper
age-toned, some soiling and thumbing, lower corner of A3 dam. touching some words, occ.
staining). Acceptable copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 200/300
1st ed.
of a collection of emblems by the Rhetores of the Antwerp Jesuit College (names on p. 239). Engr.
title, engr. portrait of Loyola by Ph. Mallery,
32 full-page engr. emblems
, with Latin, French and Dutch
verses. Collector's ticket.
Ref.
Daly/Dimler (Jesuit emblem) J.16. De Backer/Sommervogel I c. 448 nr. 15.
Landwehr 812. BCNI 7882. Praz 519. STCV (5).
965
[VAENIUS, Otto] -
Emblemes de l'amour divin. Paris, P. Landry, [late 17th c.], 8vo (some
soiling), cont. sheep (rubbed), gilt spine on 5 raised bands. Good copy.
€ 200/300
Title
&
59 emblems entirely engr
. The title is itself emblematic, based, like the others, on Van Veen's 1615
"Amoris divini emblemata". The French texts are not those found in the 1615 or 1660 editions.
Ref.
French embl. bks F.609. Landwehr (Romanic) 758. Goldsmith (BL London) V-153. Not in BN Paris,
Embl. bks Leiden, Praz.
966
VALERIANUS, Joannes Pierius -
Hieroglyphica sive De sacris Aegyptiorum aliarumq
gentium literis, commentariorum libri LVIII (...). Editio novissima (...). Frankfurt a. Main, E.
Kempffer for A. Hierat, 1614, 3 parts in 1 vol., 4to, cont. blindstamped pigskin over wooden
boards (some sm. stains), upper cover with panelstamp showing the cruficied Christ, lower cover
with a resurrection of Christ, spine on 4 raised bands, clasps and clamps pres., mod. slipcase,
[59-1 bl.]-760-[56], 248-[8]-21-[3], pp. 19/123-[1 bl.] pp. (tiny wormtrack in lower blank margin
of title, somewhat spotting). Nice copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 650/850
Pioneer work of J.P. Valerianus (1st ed. 1556) giving an explanation of symbols and their meaning starting
from Egyptian hieroglyphs, the Bible, Horapollo, Cabala, etc., incl. num. monsters and animals in classic
mythology.
Woodcut ills
: mark on title and part-title, full-page portrait on verso of p. [16] and +/-
300 ills
in text. Ownership entries on title "monasterii divitis Augiae" (= Reichenau) and "Walchner". Bookpl. Paul
Scherrer-Bylund.
Ref.
VD-17 12:650561L. Landwehr (German) 614. Praz 521. Cp. Caillet 10978 (ed. 1602).
Not in Bn-Opale plus, BL London.
967
VAN HAEFTEN, Benedictus, O.S.B -
Schola cordis siue Aversi a Deo cordis ad eundem
reductio, et instructio. Antwerp, J. Meursius & H. Verdussen, 1629, 8vo, cont. overl. vellum, flat
spine, red edges, [32]-631-[25] pp. Excellent copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 300/400
1st ed.
of a typical religious emblem book on the
heart
. Engr. title,
55 engr. emblems
by
Boetius a Bolswert
.
Collector's ticket J.A. Gibert.
Ref.
Landwehr 267. STCV. BCNI 8093. Praz 361-362. Not in Embl. bks Leiden.
968
[VANOSSI, Antonius, S.J.] -
Idea sapientis, id est philosophiae morum partes tres, ethica, theo-
politica, oeconomica (...) problematicis quaesitis, & emblematis illustrata. Trnava, "Typis
Academicis Societatis Jesu", 1746, 8vo, cont. sp. calf (rubbed), blindstamped spine, red edges, 3
parts : [8]-134-[2], 212-[4], 28-[2] pp. (top margin spotted). Good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 300/400
Rare Trnava ed. of these philosophical emblems. Variant issue: our copy
without
the name of the author on
the t.-p. Engr. front. by
Joseph Jäger
and
51 (22 + 26 + 3) fine engr. emblems
.
Ref.
Daly/Dimler (Jesuit
emblem) J.1449 (with author's name). De Backer/Sommervogel VIII c. 459 nr. 8. Praz 522. Not in BL
London, BN Paris, Embl. bks Leiden etc.
969
VERTRON, Claude-Charles Gyonnet de -
Paralelle poetique de Louis le Grand avec les
princes surnommez grands, ou Le recueil des sonnets et devises. Faits par les beaux esprits du
siécle à la gloire de Sa Majesté. "Au Havre de Grace" (= Le Havre), J. Gruchet, 1686, [21]-135
pp. [bound with]
Traduction du paralelle de Louis le Grand
(…) par Monsieur de Sainte Croix
Charpy. Ibidem, 1686, [5]-14-[1] pp. [and]
MAGNIN, Charles-Antoine
- Le paralelle (…) mis
en vers et accompagné de devises par mr. Magnin (…). Ibidem, 1686, [23]-48 (= 49) pp. + 1
folding engr. plate [and]
Recueil de sonnets en bouts rimez à la gloire du Roy
(…). Ibidem,
1686, [6]-50-[4] pp., 4 works in 1 vol., 8vo, mod. quarter red morocco, gilt spine on 5 raised
bands, a.e.g., marbled endpapers, green silk marker (a few sm. unobtrusive stains). Nice
large
paper copy
.
Cfr. ill.
€ 350/500
Extr. rare Le Havre imprint
of a work by Vertron, "historiographe du Roy", consisting of a series of items
entered for a prize instigated by Vertron, at the Académie royale d'Arles, in imitation of those of the
Académie Française. The other works consist of trsls and adaptations of texts in the 1st one. Gruchet was the