Live auction - Lot 1310
[Emblems]
Orbis phaeton hoc est De universis vitiis linguae.
DREXELIUS, Hieronymus, S.J.
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
Cologne, C. ab Egmond [= Amsterdam, W.J. Blaeu], 1631
16mo: [12]-804-[10-6 bl.] pp. (sl. toned).
Contemp. overl. vellum, flat spine (min. def. to front cover).
Emblem book on the abuses of the tongue, 1st publ. 1629. Engr. title and 23 full-page engr. emblems by Sadeler, one for each letter of the alphabet.
Ref. VD17 3:008243B. - Daly/Dimler (Jesuit emblem) J.408. - DBS III:193:11.
Prov. Libr. stamp and ticket.