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Charles Agvent: Emblem Books
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Symbolorum & Emblematum Ex Re Herbaria Desumtorum Centuria Una Collecta Bound with Three Others
Nuremberg, [Typis Voegelinianis], 1590 [1605]. Hardcover. Small quarto (5-1/4" x 7-3/4") bound in full recent antique calf with four raised bands and gilt lettering. Bound with Camerarius. Symbolorum & emblematum ex animalibus.. Nuremberg, 1595. And: Camerarius. Symbolorum & emblematum ex volitatibus et insectis.. Nuremberg, 1596. And: Camerarius. Symbolorum & emblematum ex aquatilibus et reptilibus.. [Nuremberg?], 1604. Edited by the renowned German physician and naturalist J. Camerarius's son, Ludwig Camerarius. First Collected Edition of the four volumes, this copy lacking the general title page and five pages of preliminary matter but retaining the blanks at the end of the third and fourth parts. 102 ff.; 103 ff. [1]; [2] 102 ff. [2]; [4] 100 ff. [1]. Each volume contains an original engraved title page and 100 charming circular emblems making a total of 400 emblems employing a combined technique of etching and copper engraving depicting plants, animals, birds, and fish attributed to Hans Sibmacher with accompanying descriptive text. First published separately in 1590, the CENTURIA UNA was THE FIRST BOTANICAL EMBLEM BOOK and one of the first books to contain illustrations of plants on intaglio plates. Hunt 181; Landwehr German 166; Nissen 312. Minor dampstaining at the upper gutter extending toward the center of the page in some instances but usually quite light and never touching any emblem. Near Fine example of this lovely book .
-- Boeknummer: 012108
USD 8125.00 [Appr.: EURO 7515.75]
Catalogus: Emblem Books
Trefwoorden: Birds, Reptiles, Fish, Ornithology, Early Printing, Botanicals, Emblem Books, Illustrated Books, Early Printed Books, 16th Century 16th Century Early Printed Books Illustrated Books Botanical
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
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.
Boeknummer: 019019
USD 2500.00 [Appr.: EURO 2312.75]
Catalogus: Emblem Books
Trefwoorden: Early Printed Books, Illustrated Books Copper Engravings 17th Century Illustrated Books Emblem Books
Metamorphoses D'Ovide En Rondeaux Imprimez Et Enrichis de Figures Par Ordre de Sa Majeste, Dediez a Monseigneur le Dauphin
Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1697. Early Edition. Hardcover. Two small quarto (6-1/4" x 8-1/4") volumes bound in full mottled calf leather with marbled endpapers and gilt-lettered contrasting morocco spine labels: [x], 243, [1]; 220, [4] pages. Text in French translation by Issac de Benserade who was commissioned by Louis XIV to make this translation for the education of his son, Louis -- Le Grand Dauphin of France. Illustrated with title vignettes and 226 half-page engravings by Francois Chauveau and Sebastien Le Clerc; lacking the frontispiece. The plates are copies (mostly reversed and unsigned) of the original etchings by Chauveau and Leclerc; they were first published in 1679 (Amsterdam: Abraham Wolfgang). Philip Hofer in BAROQUE BOOK ILLUSTRATION refers to the illustrations as prefigurements of the "grace and elegance of the best French rococo" (page 14). Bookplate of Mr. Edward F. Starbuck on the front pastedown of each volume with ink presentation on the bookplates. Lacking the frontispiece; owner names on front blanks; title page to first volume with short stitched repair of a tear; contents clean with dark impressions of the plates. Bindings solid with light wear and short splits along the joints with covers firm. Near Fine .
Boeknummer: 020472
USD 1875.00 [Appr.: EURO 1734.5]
Catalogus: Emblem Books
Trefwoorden: Early Printed Books, Illustrated Books, Emblem Books Copper Engravings 17th Century Illustrated Books Emblem Books
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