Author: [EMBLEM BOOK] CATS, J[acob]
Title: Spiegel Van Den Ouden Ende Nieuwen Tijdt, Bestaende Uyt Spreeck-Woorden Ende Sin-Spreucken, Ontleent Van de Voorige Ende Jegenwoordige Eeuwe, Verlustigt Door Menigte Van Sinne-Beelden, Met Gedichten En Prenten Daer Op Passende
Description: The Hague, Isaac Burchoorn, 1632. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (6-1/4" x 8-3/4") bound in modern smooth brown morocco-backed cloth, [16], 16, 168, 104, 56, 160, 24 pages. Text in Latin and Dutch. Illustrated with a frontispiece dated 1630 and 126 nearly full-page engravings by Matham after A. van de Venne. Bookplate of Victor De Guinzbourg on front pastedown and early signature on original front endpaper. One leaf with closed tear, another leaf with old marginal paper repair of a short closed tear, mild and even age-toning but contents excellent with plates well struck with dark impressions. Near Fine copy of this beautifully illustrated book Landwehr, EMBLEM BOOKS IN THE LOW COUNTRIES, 109; Praz 301.

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