Live auction - Lot 1440

De veldgezangen van Thyrsis, gesierd met toegepaste zinneminnebeelden.

Subject: [Emblems]

MYLIUS, Willem

€ 100 / 150

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Lot description

Leiden, H. van Damme, 1702

4to: [10]-81-[3] pp. (first and last 2 quires strengthened at gutter).

Mod. decor. paper over boards, flat spine. Good copy.

Only edition of this emblem book with engr. ill.: nice allegoric title and 20 half-page emblems, by H. Eland. Each emblem with a Latin caption, Dutch 8-line verse and a long poem in Dutch by W. Mylius (1674-1748).
Ref. Landwehr, LC, 853. - Emblem books Leiden 374. - Praz 409. - STCN (i.a. BL).
Prov. H. Boekenoogen (mod. bookpl.).