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VAENIUS, Otto (1556-1629). Emblemata Horatiana. Edited by A. Jansen van Ter Goes. Amsterdam: Henricus Wetstein, 1684.
8° (195 x 115mm). Text in Dutch, Latin, German and French. Title in red and black. Engraved frontispiece by G. Lairesse and 103 half-page emblematic engravings by Vaenius, woodcut title vignette, head- and tailpieces and ornamental initials, ALL ILLUMINATED IN GOLD AND COLOURS BY A CONTEMPORARY HAND. Contemporary Dutch burgundy morocco gilt, elaborately tooled with pointillé and solid drawer-handles, fleurons and circles, gilt spine, gilt edges (very discreet repairs at corners and spine ends, slight rubbing at joints), modern blue silk solander case with blue morocco lettering-piece on front. Provenance: armorial bookplate -- W.G. Hemlick(?, pastedown inscription) -- L.-A. Barbet (flyleaf inscription, sale Paris 1932, lot 176).
A RARE, COLOURED COPY, THE FIRST EDITION WITH GERMAN TEXT ADDED. Vaenius's Horatian emblem book enjoyed enduring popularity. From its first appearance in 1607 with the text in Dutch, French and Latin, it was reprinted in numerous editions. Its polyglot text -- Spanish, Italian and, as here, German text was added to subsequent editions -- ensured it a Europe-wide readership. In this 1684 edition the Dutch verses are by A. Jansen van Ter Goes and the German verses are partly derived from Ph. von Zesen (Landwehr).
The present copy is one of the finest to appear on the market in recent times. No coloured copies of this or any earlier editions are recorded at auction in over 50 years. The richly tooled contemporary binding has been attributed to the noted Dutch binder Albertus Magnus, but the tools do not seem to appear on published examples of his work (cf. De la Fontaine Verwey, Bookbindings of Albertus Magnus, 1967; M.M. Foot, Henry Davis Gift I, pp.230-41). The plates are reduced copies from the 1683 edition, which derive in turn from earlier editions. In Landwehr's opinion, 'the quality of the plates [in this edition] is very good' (682). Funck p.404; Landwehr, Romanic, 741; Landwehr, Emblem Books of the Low Countries, 682; Landwehr, German Emblem Books, 607; Von Faber du Faur 818.
8° (195 x 115mm). Text in Dutch, Latin, German and French. Title in red and black. Engraved frontispiece by G. Lairesse and 103 half-page emblematic engravings by Vaenius, woodcut title vignette, head- and tailpieces and ornamental initials, ALL ILLUMINATED IN GOLD AND COLOURS BY A CONTEMPORARY HAND. Contemporary Dutch burgundy morocco gilt, elaborately tooled with pointillé and solid drawer-handles, fleurons and circles, gilt spine, gilt edges (very discreet repairs at corners and spine ends, slight rubbing at joints), modern blue silk solander case with blue morocco lettering-piece on front. Provenance: armorial bookplate -- W.G. Hemlick(?, pastedown inscription) -- L.-A. Barbet (flyleaf inscription, sale Paris 1932, lot 176).
A RARE, COLOURED COPY, THE FIRST EDITION WITH GERMAN TEXT ADDED. Vaenius's Horatian emblem book enjoyed enduring popularity. From its first appearance in 1607 with the text in Dutch, French and Latin, it was reprinted in numerous editions. Its polyglot text -- Spanish, Italian and, as here, German text was added to subsequent editions -- ensured it a Europe-wide readership. In this 1684 edition the Dutch verses are by A. Jansen van Ter Goes and the German verses are partly derived from Ph. von Zesen (Landwehr).
The present copy is one of the finest to appear on the market in recent times. No coloured copies of this or any earlier editions are recorded at auction in over 50 years. The richly tooled contemporary binding has been attributed to the noted Dutch binder Albertus Magnus, but the tools do not seem to appear on published examples of his work (cf. De la Fontaine Verwey, Bookbindings of Albertus Magnus, 1967; M.M. Foot, Henry Davis Gift I, pp.230-41). The plates are reduced copies from the 1683 edition, which derive in turn from earlier editions. In Landwehr's opinion, 'the quality of the plates [in this edition] is very good' (682). Funck p.404; Landwehr, Romanic, 741; Landwehr, Emblem Books of the Low Countries, 682; Landwehr, German Emblem Books, 607; Von Faber du Faur 818.
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