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Emblemata selectiora : typis elegantissimis expressa, nec non sententiis, carminibus, historiis ac proverbiis, ex scriptoribus cum sacris tum profanis, antiquis & recentioribus, illustrata ...

Accession number
PML 151576
Published
Amstelaedami : Apud Franciscum vander Plaats, 1704.
Credit line
Bequest of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Notes
Plates, with mottoes in Latin and Dutch, appeared previously in F. Egger's Elegantissimorum emblematum corpusculum, 1696, and, later, in Acht en dertig zinnebeelden, 1737.
Thirty-eight circular copperplate engravings attributed by Landwehr to Crispyn de Passe the Elder.
Title vignette, engraved (publisher's device).
Each plate followed by descriptive text.
Description
[4], 76 p., 38 leaves of plates : ill. (engravings) ; 27 cm
Provenance
From the library of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Contemporary vellum.
Classification
Department