Sale 1584
London
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16 July 2014
Price realised
GBP 812
Estimate
JUNIUS, Hadrianus. Emblemata. Eiusdem Aenigmatum Libellus. Antwerp: Christophe Plantin, 1569. 16° (120 x 80mm). Printer's device on title, woodcut initial, 58 woodcut emblems by G. Janssen van Kampen and A. Nicolai after G. Ballain and P. Huys. (Small marginal repair on title, some staining to margin of A2 and of final leaf, occasional light soiling). Modern green straight-grained morocco, gilt spine, turn-ins and edges. Provenance: [H. Yates Thompson] -- S.A. Thompson Yates (bookplate). First Plantin edition in this small format, re-using the cuts from the 1565 edition but not the typographical borders. Landwehr Low Countries, 401; Vinet 847; Voet 1479.
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