CAMERARIUS, Joachim Symbolorum et emblematum centuriae quatuor, quarum prima stirpium, secunda animalium quadrupedium, tertia volatilium et insectium, quarta aquatilium et reptilium rariores proprietates (...) exponit. 1677 L. Bourgeat, 12mo, old...
Estimation :
400 / 600
Adjudication :
480 €
Description
vellum, flat spine with gilt label, sp. edges, marbled endpapers renewed, [10]-201-[3], 204, 204, 201-[3] pp. (cut short occ. shaving fore-edge margin). Good copy.
Mainz ed. of the emblems of the German humanist Camerarius (1534-1598), 1st publ. 1590-1593. Ill. with 400 circular engravings. The 1st part concerns botanical emblems: “a hundred attractive little etched roundels of plants set against landscape backgrounds” (Blunt). The remaining 300 plates show birds, snakes, amphibians, fishes, mammals and insects.
Mainz ed. of the emblems of the German humanist Camerarius (1534-1598), 1st publ. 1590-1593. Ill. with 400 circular engravings. The 1st part concerns botanical emblems: “a hundred attractive little etched roundels of plants set against landscape backgrounds” (Blunt). The remaining 300 plates show birds, snakes, amphibians, fishes, mammals and insects.
