338 / 416
338
1170 [Elzevier imprint - West-Indische Compagnie]
-
Korte onderrichtinghe ende vermaeninge aen
alle liefhebbers des Vaderlandts
/ om liberalijcken te teeckenen inde West-Indische Compagnie.
Leiden,Amsterdam, I. Elzevier, D. P. Pers, 1622, 4to, mod. half leather, [10] ff. (some dampstaining).
Good copy.
€ 200/300
Extr. rare (2nd recorded copy?) early Elzevier publication, a plea to invest in theWest-indian Company,
sometimes attributed to Willem Usselinx (1567-1647). It exists in 3 issues: 1. Elzevier (alone), 2.
Elzevier & D. Pers (Amsterdam) (
this one
), 3. Elzevier & J. van Waesberghe (Rotterdam). Woodcut
mark on title. In gothic type. Mod. bookpl.
Ref.
STCN (1). Cp. Willems 198 (issues 1 and 3 only). Cp.
Knuttel 3363 (“belangrijk geschrift”). Not in Berghman, Rahir, BL, BnF (has Rotterdam issue).
1171 [Elzevier imprint]
-
HEINSIUS, Daniel
- Laus asini tertia parte auctior, cum alijs festivis
opusculis. Leiden, Elzevier, 1629, 24mo, old gilt red morocco, covers with gilt triple ruled border
(sm. def. at fore-edge), gilt spine on 5 raised bands (head and tail rep. with red leather), a.e.g., gilt
inside dentelles, marbl. endpapers, [20]-438-[2] pp. sm. def. on t.-p.). Good copy.
€ 180/220
2nd enl. ed. (1st 1623) of a charming “Praise of donkeys” by the Leiden humanist D. Heinsius
(1580-1655), augmented with similar ironic texts: “Cras credo, hodie nihil”, “An, et qualis viro
literato sit ducenda uxor”, “Laus pediculi”, “De poetarum ineptiis” etc. Engr. title. Unidentified
gilt arms on covers.
Ref.
Willems 315. STCN (i.a. BL). Oberlé 383. Sellin (Heinsius) 138.
Joined
:
Éloges du pou, de la boue et de la paille
(…), traduites du Latin par C. Mercier de
Compiègne. Paris, Favre, An VII (1798), 12mo, cont. mottled calf, gilt flat spine (joints splitting),
red edges, [4]-138-[2] pp. Publ. in the series “Gaîtés d’un bâtard de Mirabeau”. (2 vol.)
1172 [Emblems - Neolatin poetry]
-
Septem illustrium virorum poemata
. Antwerp, Plantin Press (B.
Moretus), 1662, 8vo, old half vellum (sl. rubbed), flat spine with gilt leather label, [24]-480 pp. Very
good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 250/400
Collected ed. of Latin poetry by the “Pleias Alexandrina”, a group of friends of Pope Alexander
VII (Fabio Chigi, 1599-1667). As well as Virginio Cesarini, the poets include Alessandro Pollini,
Agostino Favoriti, Natale Rondinini, Stefano Gradi, Ferdinand von Furstenberg and Johann
Rodger Torck. On pp. 431-447
8 oval engr. emblems & engr. arms
of Rondinini. Woodcut mark on
title. Armorial bookpl. of Augustus Frederick (1773-1843), Duke of Sussex, brother of George IV of
England.
Ref.
Landwehr 638. STCV (4). Not in Oberlé.
1173 [Emblems]
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BURGUNDIA, Antonius a
- Mundi lapis lydius siue Vanitas per veritate(m)
falsi accusata & conuicta. Antwerp, Wid. J. Cnobbaert, 1639, [28]-249-[27] pp. [bound with]
BURGUNDIA, Antonius a
- Des wereldts proef-steen ofte De Ydelheydt door de Waerheyd
beschuldight ende overtuyght van valscheydt [trsl. from the Latin] Petrus Geschier. Ibid., 1643, [26]-
368-[2] pp. (lacking ff. + 2-4 of dedication, but with an
extra f. “Drvc-favten” not mentioned in
STCV and Landwehr
; cut short at top shaving title borders and some headlines), 4to, cont. mottled
calf (rubbed), richly gilt spine on 5 raised bands, red edges. Good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 750/1200
Orig. Latin ed. of one of the most important Flemish emblem books, dealing with Vanity and Truth.
Engr. ills:
title by
Theod. van Merlen
after Abraham van Diepenbeeck and
50 splendid oval
emblems
by
Andries Pauwels
after Van Diepenbeeck, with many realistic scenes from daily life.
Only ed. of the Dutch trsl./adaptation.
Same ills. Ref.
Landwehr 98 &242. Emblem books Leiden
83-84. STCV. BCNI 9195 & 9627. Funck 284.
1174 [Emblems]
-
HEINSIUS, Daniel
- Lof-sanck van Iesus Christus (…) ende zyne andere
Nederduytsche Poemata [rev. ed. (by Petrus Scriverius)]. Amsterdam, W. Blaeu, 1622, 8vo,
cont. overl. vellum, 300-[2] pp. (title sl. soiled, some minor staining, bottom corner of 2nd half
dampstained). Good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 400/500
Rev. ed. of the influential Dutch verses of the Leiden professor Daniel Heinsius (1580-1655), 1st publ.
1616, including his popular love emblems. Woodcut mark on title.
1 full-page and 75 smaller engravings
(
incl. 48 emblems
).
Ref.
Landwehr 296. Embl. bks Leiden 222. Sellin (Heinsius) 55. STCN (i.a. BL).