Lot 522
Emblems - Hugo, Hermannus
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographss | 10 May 2007
Description
Pia desideria emblematis elegiis... Antwerp: Henrici Aertssenii, 1628, 16mo, woodcut title, 48 woodcuts in text, contemporary vellum, worn, ink underscoring and marginalia, dampstain to lower inner margin of first few leaves [Caillet 5305]; Quarles, Francis Divine fancies digested into epigrams, meditations and observations. London, 1722, ninth edition, 12mo, modern calf gilt, browning to title; Emblems Emblems for the entertainment and improvement of youth. London, [c.1750], 8vo, frontispiece, 62 plates, 20pp adverts at rear, modern quarter calf, interior clean; Wither, George A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne. London, 1635, folio, 3 [of 4] parts in 1, lacking third part, panelled calf, rebacked, heavily torn and repaired [loss to text in several places]; Quarles, Francis Emblems divine and moral. London, 1823, 12mo, portrait frontispiece, plates, contemporary half calf gilt, hinges cracking, title page repaired, spotting at page edges; and 3 other works on emblems (8)