Typotius Jacob (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 12mo (135 x 70mm). Pagination: [1], 398pp., [26, index]. Signatures: *1; A-R(12); S(7 of 8, lacking final blank, one leaf of index unopened). Full-page engraved architectural frontispiece of sacred muses holding holy attributes and 176 plates with 350 devices engravings by Aegidus Sadeler of Prague (1568-1629), laid out in ovals and medallions. 19th-century morocco with gilt monogram cipher of interlocking C's as cornerpieces and to spine, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; (rubbing to extremities, especially the head of the spine otherwise a good copy with rich impressions). Early monogram bookplate and another later of Bibliotheque I.G. Schorsch on front pastedown. A monogram and motto, "Nunc nox mox lux" are stamped in green on the flyleaf. Another stamp to lower margin of title with French surname "Bourcier." Later Arnheim edition of Jacobus Typotius's influential collection of emblems detailing parts of sacred ritual in the Latin West church. Typotius's Symbola Divina et Humana was first published in Prague in three volumes from 1601 to 1603. An extant manuscript of the Symbola Divina et Humana dates to about 1590 and it is known that several copies were made and circulated through the court of Prague. Typotius, a Flemish humanist scholar, was court historian to Emperor Rudolf II. While his name takes precedence on the title page, Typotius was possibly just one of four men responsible for this work. The designs were compiled by Ottavio Strada, antiquarian to Emperor Rudolf III, and were reproduced by the engraver Aegidius Sadeler. Typotius wrote the Latin commentaries on the impresa, except in the fourth book, which was the work of Anselm Boethius de Boodt, physician to the same emperor. The imprese in Typotius's work covers a vast array of subjects, including the Santa Eucharista (Holy Eucharist), the Santa Crucis (Holy Cross), popes, kings, emperors, and rulers of various nations, princes, clergy, and cardinals. Some notable figures represented in imprese include French kings Philip I and Louis VII, Henry VIII of England and his queens Anne Boleyn and Anne of Cleves, James VI of Scotland, Philip II of Spain, and unsurprisingly Rudolf II of Bohemia. The work was highly popular in its time and was frequently reprinted in both Germany and in the Netherlands. Praz p. 518; Landwehr 799; Cicognara 1964.

Condition: Good. No place, 1678. 12mo. 72 pp. Minor hole through the title leaf. Fine red half calf from the beginning of the 19th century, gilt spine, marbled boards with gilt frame. A fine copy from the library of Ericsberg, with the book plate of Carl Jedvard Bonde. Warmholtz 3343. Lindberg, Lychnos 1977-78, pp. 246ff. Third edition of Typotius? relation of the civil war in Sweden between Sigismund of Sweden and Poland and his uncle duke Charles, who won. The first edition was published in Frankfurt in 1605 and a second abridged in 1606. This is a reprint of the second edition. All editions are rare. Hardcover / Hardback.

Condition: Good. Small folio. 183 x 30.5 cm. 19th Century half calf. 3 vols. bound together with numerous plates.Vol. 1: 3 leaves; 60 engraved leaves, lacking nos. 52 and 53; engraved portrait of Octavio de Strada; Vol. 2: [8], 184, [8]pp; Vol. 3: [6]pp, 51 leaves; [8]pp. Small wormholes in first few and last few pages.Very rare. OCLC Number:181875317.TYPOTIUS (Jacques). Symbola divina et humana pontificum, imperatorum regum. Prague, Chez Sadeler, 1601; in-folio, IV-59 gravures, 184 pp. index de 8 pages et 41 pages en chiffre romain + index alphabétique de 8 pages, reliure demi-veau brun du 19 ème siècle, dos lisse orné, tranches jaspées. Ouvrage en trois parties avec deux très belles pages de titres imprimées. Notre exemplaire est incomplet des gravures 52 et 53 dans la première partie. Célèbre livre d'emblèmes, un des plus beaux et des plus importants de son temps. Les planches ont été gravées par Sadeler.