Pia desideria [...] editio postrema, recognita et emendata [...].

Paris, J. Henault, 1670 (front.: N. Belley, 1689)

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Description du lot

24mo: [24]-190 pp. (some staining or traces of use, hole in blank part of half-title).

Contemp. richly gold-tooled calf, covers with a semé of gilt fleurs-de-lys within ornamental border, gilt spine with 4 raised bands, front endpaper marbled. Good copy.

Very rare re-issue of the 1670 Paris ed. of the most popular religious emblem book. Engraved front. and 45 numbered engravings.
Ref. Daly/Dimler (Jes. embl.) J.658 (1 copy only). - DBS IV:514:6. - Adams/Rawles/Saunders (Fr. embl.) F.338 (p. 669).
Joined: Id. - Id. Graz, Fr. Widmanstetter for S. Haupt, 1651. 8vo: [12]-436-[4] pp. (lacking final prel. f. and quire Q = pp. 241-256; some spotting or staining). 19th-c. quarter leather, gilt spine, blue sp. edges. Title engraving, engraved arms of Ferdinand IV, 44 (of 46) engravings, numbered 0-45 (lacking pl. 1 & 27). Ref. Daly/Dimler J.645. - DBS IV:514:6. - Landwehr (German) 382. - VD-17 12:103484B. Prov. Emilio Pittaluga (mod. bookpl.). (2 vol.)