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SPIEGHEL, H.L.

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Amsterdam, J. Colom, 1650

8vo: 120-45-[1 bl.] pp. (toned, some minor soiling).

Cont. vellum, flat spine titled in ink (sl. loosening). Good copy.

Early ed. (1st 1614) of this emblematical philosophical poem by the Amsterdam humanist merchant and poet H.L. Spieghel (1540-1612). The present ed. also includes the calendar poems “Byspraax almanak”. 9 mythological engravings (incl. 1 repeat) on title and in text. Ref. STCN 853364451 (i.a. BL). - Emblem books Leiden 473. Prov. A few pencil notes. - "D. Burger" (name on flyleaf). - W.P. van der Held (collector's stamp).