Lot 172
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VAENIUS, Otto (Otto van VEEN, 1556-1629). Emblemata Horatiana. Edited by A. Jansen van Ter Goes. Amsterdam: Henricus Wetstein, 1684. 8° (146 x 95mm). Text in Dutch, Latin, German and French. Title in red and black. Engraved frontispiece by G. Lairesse and 103 engraved emblems by Vaenius, woodcut title vignette. (Some marginal soiling and spotting.) Mottled calf by R. de Coverly , sides with roll-tooled border, spine gilt in compartments, gilt morocco label, gilt edges (spine lightly and evenly faded). Provenance: S.A. Thompson Yates (bookplate). THE FIRST EDITION WITH GERMAN TEXT ADDED. Vaenius's popular Horatian emblems first appeared in 1607 with the text in Dutch, French and Latin. Its polyglot text ensured it a Europe-wide readership. Landwehr Romanic, 741; Landwehr Low Countries, 682; Landwehr German, 607.
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VAENIUS, Otto (Otto van VEEN, 1556-1629). Emblemata Horatiana. Edited by A. Jansen van Ter Goes. Amsterdam: Henricus Wetstein, 1684. 8° (146 x 95mm). Text in Dutch, Latin, German and French. Title in red and black. Engraved frontispiece by G. Lairesse and 103 engraved emblems by Vaenius, woodcut title vignette. (Some marginal soiling and spotting.) Mottled calf by R. de Coverly , sides with roll-tooled border, spine gilt in compartments, gilt morocco label, gilt edges (spine lightly and evenly faded). Provenance: S.A. Thompson Yates (bookplate). THE FIRST EDITION WITH GERMAN TEXT ADDED. Vaenius's popular Horatian emblems first appeared in 1607 with the text in Dutch, French and Latin. Its polyglot text ensured it a Europe-wide readership. Landwehr Romanic, 741; Landwehr Low Countries, 682; Landwehr German, 607.

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VAENIUS, Otto (Otto van VEEN, 1556-1629). Emblemata Horatiana. Edited by A. Jansen van Ter Goes. Amsterdam: Henricus Wetstein, 1684. 8° (146 x 95mm). Text in Dutch, Latin, German and French. Title in red and black. Engraved frontispiece by G. Lairesse and 103 engraved emblems by Vaenius, woodcut title vignette. (Some marginal soiling and spotting.) Mottled calf by R. de Coverly , sides with roll-tooled border, spine gilt in compartments, gilt morocco label, gilt edges (spine lightly and evenly faded). Provenance: S.A. Thompson Yates (bookplate). THE FIRST EDITION WITH GERMAN TEXT ADDED. Vaenius's popular Horatian emblems first appeared in 1607 with the text in Dutch, French and Latin. Its polyglot text ensured it a Europe-wide readership. Landwehr Romanic, 741; Landwehr Low Countries, 682; Landwehr German, 607.

ZESEN, Philipp von (1619-1689). Moralia Horatiana. Amsterdam: Cornelius Dankers and Cornelius de Bruyn, 1656. 2 parts in 1 volume, 4° (195 x 145mm). Engraved title, 103 engraved emblems. (Some mostly marginal soiling and spotting, marginal stain in the last gatherings, repaired tear in O4.) Contemporary vellum, spine titled in manuscript (some soiling and yellowing). Provenance: C. Arnoldus (presentation inscription to:) – Otto Gallus (bookplate) – Johann Conrad Feuerlein (1725-1788, jurist and statesman; bookplate) – A.H. Bright (bookplate). FIRST EDITION.
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