Quinti Horatii Flacci emblemata.

Antwerp, P. Lisaert, 1612

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Lot description

4to: 212-[2] pp. (ff. 107-108 in facsimile; toning, some soiling and light staining).

Contemp. sheep (used, rebacked, some repairs).

Second edition (1st 1607) of the collection of emblems by O. Vaenius (1556-1629) on themes in Horace's poetry. Each emblem with a Latin motto, Latin quotations from classical authors, and verses in 4 languages: Spanish, Dutch, Italian and French. Ill. with engr. portrait of Horace on title and 102 (of 103) engr. full-page emblems.
Ref. Landwehr (Low Countries) 820. - Praz 523. - Simoni (BL) H-185. - STCV. - Not in Emblem books Leiden.
Joined: [Vaenius, O. - Le theatre moral de la vie humaine [...] avec La table du philosophe Cebes. Brussels, Fr. Foppens, 1678]. Folio (title and several ff. missing, some tears and stains). Bookblock loose in later binding. Incompl. copy in poor condition. S.w.a.f. (2 vol.)