Live auction - Lot 1160
[Emblems]
Speculum amoris et doloris in sacratissimo ac divinissimo corde Jesu incarnati, eucharistici, et crucifixi, orbi christiano propositum [...].
Augsburg, J.J. Lotter, 1731
Hammer price: €
100
€ 150 / 250
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Lot description
4to: front.-[38]-408-[16] pp. (tiny hole in front., browning & spotting at some quires).
Contemp. sheep, gilt spine with raised bands, black leather title label, sp. edges (rubbed, some sm. def. and tears, joints rubbed, sm. def. at head & tail). Good copy.
Rare third ed. (1st Augsburg 1706) of this emblem book by the German Catholic priest A. Ginther (1655-1725). Engr. ill.: front. by J.C. Gütwein, with in the background the Augsburg Dom, and 52 nice oval emblems, one showing the Augsburg skyline. Title in red and black.
Ref. Landwehr (Germanic) 316. - Cp. Praz 351 (another ed.).
Prov. Entries (cut out & erased) and stamp on title.