Otto VAN VEEN
Q. Horati Flacci Emblemata. Imaginibus in aes incisis, notisque illustrata[The Emblems of Q. Horatius Flaccus. Illustrated with Copper Engravings and Explanatory Notes]
Hieronymi Verdussen [Verdussen, Jérôme (1553?-1635)]|Agra, avec privilège du Grand Mogol [Agra] 1607|18 x 23 cm|relié
Q. Horati Flacci Emblemata. Imaginibus in aes incisis, notisque illustrata
Contemporary vellum, ink title erased on spine, a small blue spot to upper cover. A little cockled. Several faint dampstai
Ex officina Hieronymi Verdussen, Antverpiae (Antwerp) 1607, in-4 (18 x 23 cm), 213 pp. (1), contemporary vellum
The sought-after first edition, the only edition entirely in Latin – unlike the later editions – and illustrated with 103 full-page emblems copper engraved by C. Boël and Gisbert van Veen. Portrait of Horace in a medallion to title. Leaf 48 mis-numbered 84. Several ex-dono to half-title and title. A few images of nudity have been discretely erased.Contemporary vellum, ink title erased on spine, a small blue spot to upper cover. A little cockled. Several faint dampstai
€4,500
