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HEINSIUS, Daniel (1580-1655), ("Theocritus Ganda"). Emblemata Amatoria. Iam demum emendate. Amsterdam, Dirck Pietersz, 1608.
Oblong 8o (156 x 198 mm). Engraved pictorial title and 24 circular emblems by Jacques de Gheyn, each with a Latin motto, a legend in Latin, French or Italian and a poem in Dutch (minor marginal spotting, C1 with small hole in blank margin). 19th-century vellum. Provenance: acquired from Meijer Elte, 1973.
Very rare 1608 edition of the first emblem book in Dutch by the Leiden Professor Daniel Heinsius one of the most important Dutch Renaissance scholars. The poem "Aen de ioncvrovwen van Hollandt" is signed by "Theocritus à Ganda. " The 24 engraved circular emblematic illustrations have Latin distichs around the edges, those for the first and eighth emblems signed by Hugo Grotius. The last two poems are signed D.H. for Daniel Heinsius. The introductory poem and the 8-line stanzas are printed in civilité. RARE: According to American Book Prices Current no other copy of this book sold at auction in the last 35 years. De Vries 23; Landwehr, Low Countries 281; Praz, p. 364.
Oblong 8o (156 x 198 mm). Engraved pictorial title and 24 circular emblems by Jacques de Gheyn, each with a Latin motto, a legend in Latin, French or Italian and a poem in Dutch (minor marginal spotting, C1 with small hole in blank margin). 19th-century vellum. Provenance: acquired from Meijer Elte, 1973.
Very rare 1608 edition of the first emblem book in Dutch by the Leiden Professor Daniel Heinsius one of the most important Dutch Renaissance scholars. The poem "Aen de ioncvrovwen van Hollandt" is signed by "Theocritus à Ganda. " The 24 engraved circular emblematic illustrations have Latin distichs around the edges, those for the first and eighth emblems signed by Hugo Grotius. The last two poems are signed D.H. for Daniel Heinsius. The introductory poem and the 8-line stanzas are printed in civilité. RARE: According to American Book Prices Current no other copy of this book sold at auction in the last 35 years. De Vries 23; Landwehr, Low Countries 281; Praz, p. 364.