Live auction - Lot 857
[Plantin Press - Emblems]
Omnia [...] emblemata. Adiectis commentariis & scholiis [...].
Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, July 1577
€ 250 / 350
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Lot description
8vo: 732-[1 bl.-1-2 bl.] pp. (lacking pp. 255-256, title soiled, waterstains on first few lvs mostly in the margin).
Contemp. calf, gilt orn. covers (some tiny wormholes, corners def. and restored), spine with 5 raised bands (rebacked?).
Sixth Plantin ed. of the major emblem book of Alciatus (1492-1550), the 3rd ed. edited and commented by Claude Mignault (1536-1606), prof. in canonic law at Paris. Illustrated with 196 (on 197) woodcut emblems within typographical border of fleurons and 14 woodcuts of trees. All woodblocks are of larger dimensions than the ones in the previous ed., and were cut especially for this publication.
Ref. Voet (Plantin Press) 27. - Sorgeloos 5. - BT 66. - Adams A-607. - Landwehr (Low Countries) 17. - STC Dutch (BL) 4. - Pettegree NB 476. - Not in Emblem books Leiden.
Prov. O'Brien Bequest, Gulielmi O'Brien, Soc. Iesu, Prov. Hib., Milltown Park (bookpl.). - Ms. ownership entries on title, last leaf, vA4 and inside covers.