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Anthologia Mariana tres libros complectens, figuris emblematicis distincta, B. Virginis, encomiis [...] locupletata, in gratiam concionatorum & encomiastarum Marianorum accurate concinnata.
Antwerp, J. Grangé, 1775
€ 120 / 200
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Beschrijving lot
8vo: 312 pp. (tiny hole in emblem p. 145).
Cont. half calf, treemarbled paper on covers (corners rubbed), gilt flat spine (joints starting to split), sp. edges. Good copy.
Very rare only edition and only volume published of a collection of texts in praise of the Holy Virgin. Engr. ills: frontispiece and 4 half-page emblems (subscriptio, pictura, explicatio in verse and prose). Ref. Bibl. Mariana Lovan. 1224. - STCV. - Not in Landwehr, Emblem Books Leiden, Praz, etc. Prov. Libr. stamps. We join : L'histoire du vieux et nouveau testament. Répresentée par des figures en taille douce. Avec de courtes explications [...]. Ouvrage très util pour toutes sortes de personnes. Nouvelle edition. Antwerp, J. Fr. Lucas, 1722. 8vo: [6]-284 (= 292) pp. Cont. half calf, marbled paper on covers, gilt orn. flat spine (sl. def.). Good copy. Later edition of the so called Mortier Bible illustrated with an engr. frontisp. after de Cock by Diamaer, a dedic. headpiece and 149 nicely executed emblems. Ref. COPAC. - Opac KBR. - Not in STCV. (2 vol.)