Live auction - Lot 1343

[Emblems - Playing cards]

JOSEPH VAN DE H. BARBARA

Het geestelÿck kaert-spel met herten troef, oft Het spel der liefde [...].

Antwerp, Wid. H. Thieullier [Anna de Cock] & A.P. Colpyn, [1745-1751]


Hammer price: € 270

€ 300 / 400

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8vo: [10]-520-[8] pp. (occ. staining, some thumbing).

Contemp. sheep, gilt spine (loosening, rubbed). Good copy.

Rare repr. (3rd ed.; 1st Antwerp 1666) of a devotional work by J. a S. Barbara (born Schoehaert, Bruges 16??-Leiden 1670), a Carmelite preacher in Holland. It is a spiritual emblematic interpretation of the hearts cards of the card game, inspired by the hearts emblems of H. Hugo. Engr. front. and 14 full-page engr. emblems by Fred. Bouttats. The present ed. differs from the 6 ed. described in STCV.
Ref. Not in Landwehr, Rosier, STCV.
Prov. Name on title.
Joined: Another, also differing ed. of the same work: Antwerp, A. Colpyn, [1745-1763]. 8vo: [2]-520-[8] pp. (missing typogr. title?). Contemp. sheep (rubbed, head and tail def.). Good copy. Engr.front. & 14 full-page engr. emblems by Fred. Bouttats. Ref. Not in Landwehr, Rosier, STCV. Prov. Old ms. entry on front flyleaf. (2 vol.)

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Lot 1343

Het geestelÿck kaert-spel met herten troef, oft Het spel der liefde [...].

JOSEPH VAN DE H. BARBARA

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