Live auction - Lot 1309
[Emblems]
Maria Virgo mystica sub solis imagine emblematice expressa. Opusculum votivum […].
[Brussels], s.n., 1681
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
4to: [36]-110-[2] pp. (blank bottom margin of front. repaired, some minor soiling, marginal tear in F4, outer margin of coat of arms cut short).
Vellum (rebacked). Good copy.
Only edition of this Latin-Dutch Marian emblem book by the Augustinian monk J. de Leenheer (1642-1691). The words "Virgo Maria" are arranged on the titlepage in the form of a cross. Engr. front., large engr. coat of arms of Diego de Villegas, Lord of Hovorst + 26 full-page engr. emblems by G. Bouttats.
Ref. Landwehr (Low Countries) 448. - Bibl. Mariana Lovan. 888.