![[HAWKINS, Henry (1571?-1646)]. Partheneia sacra; or the mysterious and delicious garden of the sacred Parthenes symbolically set forth and enriched with pious devises and emblemes for the entertainment of devout soules ... by H.A. [Rouen]: John Cousturier, 1633.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2000/CKS/2000_CKS_06298_0103_000(011250).jpg?w=1)
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[HAWKINS, Henry (1571?-1646)]. Partheneia sacra; or the mysterious and delicious garden of the sacred Parthenes symbolically set forth and enriched with pious devises and emblemes for the entertainment of devout soules ... by H.A. [Rouen]: John Cousturier, 1633.
8° (169 x 110mm). Engraved additional title by P. van Langeren, full-page engraving of the Garden and 48 engraved devices and emblems. (Additional title with paper fault affecting imprint, some light dampstains and minor soil marks, a few running titles slightly shaved.) 18th-century reversed calf, red speckled edges (upper joints splitting). Provenance: R. L. (initials at head of additional title).
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION (prior to 1950) of this rare emblem book by an English Jesuit which examines the symbolism of specific flowers, plants, birds, insects and natural phenomena. Landwehr Romanic Emblem Books 371; Praz Seventeenth-Century Imagery p. 1; STC 12958.
8° (169 x 110mm). Engraved additional title by P. van Langeren, full-page engraving of the Garden and 48 engraved devices and emblems. (Additional title with paper fault affecting imprint, some light dampstains and minor soil marks, a few running titles slightly shaved.) 18th-century reversed calf, red speckled edges (upper joints splitting). Provenance: R. L. (initials at head of additional title).
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION (prior to 1950) of this rare emblem book by an English Jesuit which examines the symbolism of specific flowers, plants, birds, insects and natural phenomena. Landwehr Romanic Emblem Books 371; Praz Seventeenth-Century Imagery p. 1; STC 12958.
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