Author: Sinte Augustinus - Antonius van Hemert (-1560)
Title: INNIGHE ALLEEEN-SPRAECKEN DER ZIELEN TOT GODT. Gheheel over-ghefer door Anthonium van Hemert: Regulier by Eyndoven.
Description: Antwerp, Pieter Iacobsz Paerts 1640 approx. Woodcut illustrations (10) inc. of St. Augustine to titlepage + 9 full page emblematic woodcuts. . Duodecimo (110x70mm) leather-spined floral paper covers (minor wear) 156pp. Printed in Gothic type. Dutch translation from the Latin of Antonius van Hemert. The illustrations are of the "amor & anima" type where the Cupid figure is Divine Love or Child Jesus who guides children in their search for God. These mystical concepts were enormously popular at this time as a cult of the child Jesus grew. *Rare Dutch printing.

Keywords: emblem meditations woodcuts Dutch


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