Schoonhoven Florentius Van (2 results)

Second edition. Second edition. Engraved and illustrated t.p., engraved port., and 74 engraved emblems, printed from the plates of the first ed. by Crispin van de Passe, The Younger. [12], 235 pp. Small 4to. One of the more famous emblem books of the seventeenth century, this particular emblem book went through four editions, of which this is the second. The very fine emblems designed and engraved by Crispijn de Passe were familiar to audiences at the time, but the text by Florentius Schoonhovius was largely new. Willems 261; Landwehr, Dutch Emblem Books 205b Contemporary vellum, good, covers cupped Engraved and illustrated t.p., engraved port., and 74 engraved emblems, printed from the plates of the first ed. by Crispin van de Passe, The Younger. [12], 235 pp. Small 4to.…

Officina Elzeviriana, Leiden (Lugdunum Batavorum) 1626. Second edition. Small 4to. Engraved titlepage (inserted in photocopy). Engraved portrait. (12)+235 pages. 74 engraved emblems (3 blank (68, 69 & 70) by Crispin van de Passe Junior. 19th century full brown calf binding with blindtooled line ornamentation in 17th century style. The binding a bit rubbed. The 3 blank vignettes with handwritten description in English. Some pages with closed marginal tears, not affecting text or images. * Willems 261. Second edition, by Elzevier, of this fine emblemata collection, composed by Florens Schoonhoven (1594-1648). Published first time in Schoonhoven's native town Gouda 1618. Later editions from Amsterdam 1635 and 1648.…