Devises heroiques et morales.

LE MOYNE, Pierre

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Description du lot

Paris, A. Courbé, 1649

4to: 57-[2]-56/111 pp. (some spotting throughout, error in pagination but complete).

Contemp. marbled calf, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands.

First edition of Le Moyne's first book on emblems. The Jesuit author (1602-1671) was one of the architects of the revival of emblematic literature, which had been in decline since the end of the 16th c. Ill. with engr.: title vignette, 26 "devises heroiques" and 28 "devises morales".
Ref. French emblem books F.390. - Emblem books Leiden 294. - Landwehr, Romanic, 468. - Praz 400. - DBS V:1364.
Prov. Cancelled mod. bookpl.