Het masker vande Wereldt afgetrocken.

8vo: 375-[9] pp.

Contemp. calf, gitl orn. spine (corners rubbed, part of leather missing on lower cover, head and tail def.).

Reprint of one of the most popular emblem books of the Dutch Jesuit poet and prose writer, active in the Counter Reformation, A. Poirters (1605-1674). Engr. ill.: title, 16 emblems and 10 ill. in text by F. Bouttats. Printed in roman and italic.
Ref. Landwehr 655. - DBS VI:927:3. - Emblem books Leiden 419. - STCV. - Cp. Rombauts, Poirters 246 (first ed.).
Prov. Libr. label. - "Anna Catherina Van Cakenberghe, 1760" (ms. entry on flyleaf).
Joined: Id. - Ydelheid des Werelds verciert met zinnebeelden, rym-dichten en zede-leerlingen. Antwerp, J.Fr. de Roveroy, [1737-1767 date derived from printers period of activity]. 8vo: [24 incl. engr. title]-190-[2] pp. Contemp. calf, gilt orn. spine with 4 raised bands (corners rubbed and bumped). Rare edition. Ill. with an engr. title by Diamaer showing "vanitas" and 15 emblematical engravings in-text with Latin and Dutch captions. Ref. Landwehr 642. - DBS VI:927:3. - STCV (2). - Not in Emblem books Leiden. Prov. Libr. stamps. (2 vol.)