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MANNICH, Johann (1580-1637). Sacra emblemata. Nuremberg: Sartorius, 1624 [but 1625]. Small 4° (190 x 148mm). Engraved title, engraved portrait, 86 engraved emblems. (Light spotting, some small repairs.) 19th-century roan, spine lettered in gilt, turn-ins gilt with triple fillet (extremities faded and rubbed). Provenance: William Beckford (pencilled note recording the purchase at the Hamilton sale) -- Mexborough (bookplate) – [H. Yates Thompson] -- A.H. Bright (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. THE BECKFORD - MEXBOROUGH - YATES THOMPSON - BRIGHT COPY. Rare: ABPC records no copy at auction since 1977. Landwehr German 416.
PFANN, Johann. Biblische emblemata. [Nuremberg: for the author,] 1626. 2 parts in one volume, small 2° (175 x 150mm). Two engraved title pages, 16 engraved emblems and 1 large folding engraved plate. (Some spotting, short tears and light wear to folding plate.) Contemporary vellum, the sides tooled in blind and black with a central ornament (some soiling, lacking ties). FIRST EDITION. Rare: not in ABPC. Landwehr German 474.
PFANN, Johann. Biblische emblemata. [Nuremberg: for the author,] 1626. 2 parts in one volume, small 2° (175 x 150mm). Two engraved title pages, 16 engraved emblems and 1 large folding engraved plate. (Some spotting, short tears and light wear to folding plate.) Contemporary vellum, the sides tooled in blind and black with a central ornament (some soiling, lacking ties). FIRST EDITION. Rare: not in ABPC. Landwehr German 474.
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