Live auction - Lot 1312
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Den wech des eeuwich levens. Over-geset door P. Gerardus Zoes [...]. Met beelden verlicht door Boetius a Bolswert.
SUCQUET, Antonius, S.J.
€ 300 / 400
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Lot description
Antwerp, H. Aertssens, 1620
8vo: [16]-791-[23] pp. (final blank missing; occasional soiling or spotting).
Contemp. overl. vellum, flat spine (loosening, head def., ties gone). Good copy.
Original ed. of the Dutch translation by the Jesuit G. Zoes (1579-1628) of a popular emblematical work by the Mechelen Jesuit Sucquet (1574-1627). Engr. title and 32 numbered full-page emblematical ill. by Boetius à Bolswert (1580-1633). Mainly in Gothic type.
Ref. Landwehr (Low Countries) 765. - DBS VIII:1515:5.
Prov. Contemp. ownership entry on front flyleaf. - Libr. stamp and ticket.