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Very rare miniature emblem book
Linguae vitia et remedia emblematicè expressa per Illustrem ac Rever. D. Antonium A Burgundia.
Antwerpiae, Apud Vidua Cnobbaert, 1652. Oblong 16mo (75 x 100 mm). [XXIV], 191, [1] p.
Engraved frontispiece, 4 plates and 90 full-page engravings (55 x 70 mm) by J. Neefs and A. Pauwels after A. van Diepenbeek.
Vellum laced case binding.
A richly ilustrated pocket emblem book, of which the first Latin and Dutch (Ghebreken der Tonghe) versions were published in 1631. This is a second printing, not a title issue. The first part deals with the sins and shortcomings of speech, the second with the ways to remedy them. Fittingly, the frontispiece shows the entrance to hell.
Antonius à Burgundia (?-1657) was a prelate from Bruges. He studied law and theology and became archdeacon and dean of the Cathedral Chapter in Bruges. He was also the author of two successful emblem books. His inspiration for this one came from Erasmus?s De linguae usu et abusu (1515).
As with all copies, in the pagination the blank leaf leaf A8 is omitted.
- Provenance: In brown ink on engraved title page: ?c.a. fauquette?
- Literature: Landwehr 96; Funck 284;; Hofer 141 'enchanting');; Praz 32 ('scarce') and 292.
Condition: Upper and lower margin titlepage and half title restored (old), and a bit browned; Vellum a bit wrinkled; Else a desirable copy of this beautiful emblem booklet.
Engraved frontispiece, 4 plates and 90 full-page engravings (55 x 70 mm) by J. Neefs and A. Pauwels after A. van Diepenbeek.
Vellum laced case binding.
A richly ilustrated pocket emblem book, of which the first Latin and Dutch (Ghebreken der Tonghe) versions were published in 1631. This is a second printing, not a title issue. The first part deals with the sins and shortcomings of speech, the second with the ways to remedy them. Fittingly, the frontispiece shows the entrance to hell.
Antonius à Burgundia (?-1657) was a prelate from Bruges. He studied law and theology and became archdeacon and dean of the Cathedral Chapter in Bruges. He was also the author of two successful emblem books. His inspiration for this one came from Erasmus?s De linguae usu et abusu (1515).
As with all copies, in the pagination the blank leaf leaf A8 is omitted.
- Provenance: In brown ink on engraved title page: ?c.a. fauquette?
- Literature: Landwehr 96; Funck 284;; Hofer 141 'enchanting');; Praz 32 ('scarce') and 292.
Condition: Upper and lower margin titlepage and half title restored (old), and a bit browned; Vellum a bit wrinkled; Else a desirable copy of this beautiful emblem booklet.
€ 3.800
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