Brussels, Foppens, 1683. In 4th. Frontispiece in red and black, portrait of the author within an oval on the frontispiece, large portrait of the engraver, with 103 engravings of emblems with French motto, text in Latin, French, Italian and Dutch, very rare and slight marginal blooms and reddening, light halo at the outer margin of the first cards, coeval parchment binding, gold title within the spine, some defects in the spine, slight defects. Ex libris on the counterplate and on the back of the title page. & Nbsp;
Specialist Notes
Elegant reissue of this famous book of emblems first printed in 1607 with splendid illustrations by the Flemish painter Otto Van Veen, Rubens' master.
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