[CATS, JACOB]. Silenus Alcibiadis, sive Proteus, Vitae humanae ideam, Emblemate trifariam variato, oculis subijciens.

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[CATS, JACOB]. Silenus Alcibiadis, sive Proteus, Vitae humanae ideam, Emblemate trifariam variato, oculis subijciens.
Middelburg: Hans van der Hellen, 1618.
Three parts in one, 3 engraved titles by F. Schillemans, 51 circular engraved emblems after A. van de Venne , one folding plate of Kinder-spel (children's games), each emblem accompanied by a Biblical or classical quotation and verses in Dutch, Latin and French.
FIRST EDITION, second issue, with the emblem plates unrepeated.

[Bound with:]
[CATS, JACOB]. Maechden-Pflicht ofte Ampt der Ionck-vrouwen, in eerbaer Liefde, aen-ghewesen door Sinne-Beelden.
Middelburg: Hans van der Hellen, 1618.
Full-page emblematic engraving on verso of title, 44 circular engraved emblems after A. van de Venne, one half-page engraved view.
FIRST EDITION.

2 vols. in one, 4to, 237 x 177 mm. (9 3/8 x 7 in.), nineteenth century vellum over pasteboard, edges red-sprinkled, morocco lettering-piece on spine, a few small wormholes to gutters at front, second engraved title discolored, folding "Kinder Spel" plate with short fold break and stain to upper margin affecting a few letters of caption, quire N in Maechden-Pflicht misbound before quire M, quire P incorrectly imposed causing fol. P1 to follow fol. P3, some light soiling and staining.

Landwehr Emblems 106 and 132; Praz p. 37.
來源
Engraved armorial bookplate of a Russian owner, [Madame] Urusova.