Live auction - Lot 1336
[Plantin Press - Emblems]
Af-beeldinghe van d'eerste eeuwe der Societeyt Iesu voor ooghen ghestelt door de Duyts-Nederlantsche Provincie der selver Societeyt.
Antwerp, Plantin Press, 1640
Hammer price: €
500
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
4to: [8]-712-[7-1 bl.] pp. (some min. spots, some very sm. parts underl. in the blank margin).
Contemp. mottled calf, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, red edges (corners rubbed and bumped, joints rubbed and splitting).
Dutch translation by Laurentius Uwens of "Imago primi saeculi societatis Iesu", famous centennial publication of the Low Countries Jesuits. With poems by i.a. A. Poirters. Engr. ill.: title by M. Natalis after A. Diepenbeke and 103 emblematical ill. in-text by C. Galle and 1 full-page pl. Each emblem with a caption in Dutch and Latin.
ref. Landwehr (LC) 11. - STCV. - DBS I:1625-1626:5 (see for discussion on authorship). - BCNI 9279. - Matagne (Namur) A-22.
Prov. Charles Bellemans (ms. entry on lower flyleaf).
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