Emblemata sacra de fide, spe, charitate.

12mo: 404-[3] pp. (marg. staining, min. marg. dam., min. soiling).

Mod. vellum, flat spine.

First and only ed. of this remarkable Jesuit emblem book by Willem van Hees (Antwerp 1601-Brussels 1690), ill. with 116 charming woodcut emblems by J.C. Jegher after E. Quellinus.
Ref. DBS IV:336:3. - Landwehr (Low Countries) 299. - BCNI 8942. - STCV.
Prov. Libr. stamp.
Joined: Engelgrave, Henricus, S.J. - Lux evangelica sub velum sacrorum emblematum [...]. Cologne, J. van Meurs, 1655. 12mo: [viii, incl. engr. title]-683-[xxvi,1] pp., 53 engr. (blank upper margin of engr. title cut off, staining, min. brown., marg. soiling, err. pag.). Contemp. calf, blind-tooled covers, spine with 3 raised bands and mod. title label (worn, dam., joints starting to split, corners bumped). Later ed. (1st 1648) of this emblematic work, ill. with an engraved title and 52 engr. The same year, a second part was published, but the two parts are often found separate. Ref. DBS III:394-395. - Landwehr, 158.- STCN. Prov. Ownership entries (a.o. Perceval Ph., 1716) - Libr. stamp. (2 vol.)