Live veiling - Lot 1084
[Plantin Press - Emblems]
Omnia emblemata. Adiectis commentariis & scholiis [...].
Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1574
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Beschrijving lot
12mo: 559-[30-3 bl.] pp. (bl. lower corner of p. 335 missing).
Contemp. overl. limp vellum, flat spine titled in ink (sl. soiled, endpapers lifted). Nice copy.
Second Plantin edition of the classic emblem book by A. Alciatus (1492-1550) with commentary by Claude Mignault (1536-1606), prof. in Canon law in Paris. Illustrated with 169 woodcut emblems. Woodcut printer's mark on title.
Ref. Voet 26. - BT 65. - Landwehr (LC) 16. - Adams A-606. - Pettegree (NB) 475. - Not in Sorgeloos, STC Dutch (BL).
Prov. The Burgundian family of magistrates Joly de Fleury, probably Guillaume-François (1675-1756), procureur général in the Paris Parliament (large engr. armorial bookpl. by J. Audran, pasted at inside of front cover; ref. Olivier 1953).