Horace; Otto Van Veen, (Octavius Vaenius);

LE THEATRE MORAL De La Vie HUMAINE Representee En Plus De Cent Tableaux Divers Tirez De POETE HORACE Par Le Sieur OTHO VENIUS et Expliquez En Autant De Discours Moraux Par Le Sieur De Gomberville. Avec La Table Du Philosphe CEBES.

Bruxelles (Brussels)s, F(rancois) Foppens, 1672. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover. VENIUS, OTHO (OTTO VAN VEEN)). Two parts xvi, 121, 16 pp. 105 copper engraved plates plus head pieces, tail pieces & initial letters. Part I To accompany Horace's Poems: xvi, 121 pp. Title Page in Red & Black with Vignette, Au Lecteur, Sonnet, Table, Portrait of Venius engraved by Paulus Pontius. Explication by Gomberville with 60 Engraved Copper Plates. Part II To accompany Horace's poems plus the Cebes Tableau: Title (122), 123-211 pp. Au Lecteur, Explications & 43 Plates; (1) Folding Plate; Le tableau de Cebes, 16 pp. VAN VEEN (1556-1629) Painter, humanist, Ruben's teacher, noted for his emblem books. Black morocco, raised bands, gilt lettering - Fine. Plates & text no foxing, no soiling, occasional marginal soil, title page age-toned. 2 faint marginal embossed library labels. Very Good. Very Good.

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Book number: 20025

Catalogue: Art, Graphic Art, A List

Keywords: HORACE. EMBLEM BOOKS. ILLUSTRATED BOOKS. Copper engravings.