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SUCQUET, Antoine. Via vitae aeternae iconibus illustrata. Antwerp: Martin Nutij, 1620.
8° (181 x 116mm). Engraved title and 32 full-page engraved emblems by Boetius à Bolswert. (Without blank *1, occasional light soiling.) Contemporary vellum gilt, blue edges (lightly soiled, lacks ties). Provenance: Convent of the Discalced Carmelites (ownership inscription on title).
FIRST EDITION OF 'AN IMMENSELY POPULAR BOOK' (Praz) offering visions of Heaven and Hell. Each emblem carries an annotation or quotation from the Bible and an explanation in prose. Funck p. 398; Landwehr Low Countries, 761; Praz p. 506.
8° (181 x 116mm). Engraved title and 32 full-page engraved emblems by Boetius à Bolswert. (Without blank *1, occasional light soiling.) Contemporary vellum gilt, blue edges (lightly soiled, lacks ties). Provenance: Convent of the Discalced Carmelites (ownership inscription on title).
FIRST EDITION OF 'AN IMMENSELY POPULAR BOOK' (Praz) offering visions of Heaven and Hell. Each emblem carries an annotation or quotation from the Bible and an explanation in prose. Funck p. 398; Landwehr Low Countries, 761; Praz p. 506.
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