[Emblem books]. Veen [Vaenius, Venius], Otto van (1556-1629), Jansen van Ter Goes, Antoni (ca.1626-1699), Horatius Flaccus, Q..
Zinnebeelden, Getrokken uit Horatius Flaccus, Naer de geestrijke vinding van den geleerden Otto van Veen, Op de zeden toegepast; en Met Bygedichten, op nieuws gerijmt door Antoni Jansen, van Tergoes.
Amsterdam, Justus Dankerts, 1683, (8),205,(3) pag., engraved portrait vignette of Horace on title, 103 engraved emblems by Otto van Veen, early 20th cent. halfvellum, small quarto (21,7 x 16,5 cm.). = Landwehr Emblem books, 690 ("Copperplates from the Latin 1607 edition, reduced and reversed"). Rare first edition of this famous emblem book by Dutch poet Anthoni Jansen, based on the Antwerp 1607 Latin text edition of Otto van Veen's enduringly popular Quinti Horatii Flacci Emblemata, illustrating the poems of Horace, with verses in Dutch, Latin, and French. This emblematical work by Van Veen constituted a significant development in the design and conceptualization of emblem books as well as the optimization of their didactic impact. By transposing the works of the Roman poet Horace into innovative images through prints of a high technical quality the work could be used for philosophical and moral meditation. Van Veen was a painter, draughtsman and humanist, primarily active in Antwerp and Brussels. He is known for his paintings of religious and mythological scenes, allegories and portraits, which he produced in his large workshop in Antwerp, where from 1594 or 1595 to 1598 he was amongst others the teacher of Peter Paul Rubens and proved himself influential as an educated humanist artist (doctor pictus) on Rubens. Copy restored from waterstaining; binding renewed, edges newly marbled.

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