SCHOONHOVIUS, Florentinus. Emblemata ... partim moralia partim etiam civilia, Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonius, 1648, 4°, new edition, engraved title, engraved full-page portrait and 74 emblems (title very lightly dust-soiled), contemporary reversed calf, contrasting morocco label (lightly worn), old ownership inscription to title, bookplates of Robert Surtees, Mainsford and Robert, Marquis of Crewe. [cf. Brunet V, 217]

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SCHOONHOVIUS, Florentinus. Emblemata ... partim moralia partim etiam civilia, Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonius, 1648, 4°, new edition, engraved title, engraved full-page portrait and 74 emblems (title very lightly dust-soiled), contemporary reversed calf, contrasting morocco label (lightly worn), old ownership inscription to title, bookplates of Robert Surtees, Mainsford and Robert, Marquis of Crewe. [cf. Brunet V, 217]

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The first edition was published in 1618.

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