Lot 274
Brune (Johannes de) Emblemata of Zinne-werck, first edition, Amsterdam, Ian Evertsen Kloppenburch, 1624.
Estimate: £500 - 700
Description
Brune (Johannes de) Emblemata of Zinne-werck, first edition, engraved title, engraved vignettes throughout, woodcut head-pieces and initials, title with small losses to blank fore-edge and also to engraving affecting imprint with ?loss of a letter, laid down to sheet, following 4 ff. (*1-4) with small holes affecting text (loss of some letters), otherwise a few instances of spotting, top edge slightly trimmed (near touching page numbers), modern half morocco, [Landwehr 86], 4to, Amsterdam, Ian Evertsen Kloppenburch, 1624.
⁂ First edition of this outstanding work on emblemata, recognised as a kaleidoscopic view of the costumes and manners of the Dutch Golden Age (Landwehr).
Description
Brune (Johannes de) Emblemata of Zinne-werck, first edition, engraved title, engraved vignettes throughout, woodcut head-pieces and initials, title with small losses to blank fore-edge and also to engraving affecting imprint with ?loss of a letter, laid down to sheet, following 4 ff. (*1-4) with small holes affecting text (loss of some letters), otherwise a few instances of spotting, top edge slightly trimmed (near touching page numbers), modern half morocco, [Landwehr 86], 4to, Amsterdam, Ian Evertsen Kloppenburch, 1624.
⁂ First edition of this outstanding work on emblemata, recognised as a kaleidoscopic view of the costumes and manners of the Dutch Golden Age (Landwehr).
Related Lots
Back To Auction Catalogue
Newsletter Signup
Keyword Alerts
You can now save your preferences to receive emails, or create a free lite account which gives you more features.
Would you like to receive personalised keyword alerts when new catalogues go live. If so, please indicate these below
Set a password to save your keyword alerts
Passwords are a minimum of 7 characters and must include an upper case letter, a lower case letter, a number and a special character.
Newsletter