[Collection of emblematic and monogram plates from 4 series].

A collection of 14 engraved plates from 3 different emblematic works and a work on monograms, all published by Johann Christoph Weigel (1661-1726) in Nürnberg. Praz and others attribute items 2-4 to his father, the great Nürnberg engraver Christoph Weigel (1654-1725), who may have engraved their plates, though item 4 may have appeared shortly after his death. With the 18th-century bookplate of Charles Pierre Joseph Le Candèle; the ca. 1900 bookplate of the Hale family, Alderly House, Gloucestershire; and the blind stamp of the Liberna collection of Bernard Brenninkmeijer (1893-1976) on second free endleaf.Item 4 appears to have been printed from slightly worn copper plates. With an occasional spot, slightly affecting 2 monograms in item 1, but still with all plates in good or very good condition. The binding is somewhat worn but still good. A lovely collection of 184 emblems and monograms from the early 18th century.l Ad 1: Bonacini, 2031; Hollstein XXXI, p. 92; ad 2-3: Praz, p. 533; ad 4: cf. Landwehr, German emblem books 641; Praz, pp. 533-534. Contemporary mottled calf, sewn on 4 cords, gold-tooled spine with red morocco label in 2nd of 5 compartments, each of the others with a flower and other ornaments, blind fillets on boards, marbled endpapers (the paste-downs cover the marbling at the front), red edges. With 14 engraved plates (plate size 13 x 19 cm) bound as double-page plates. …