Emblemata HOOGSTRATEN (Frans van) Het Voorhof... - Lot 671 - Briscadieu

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Emblemata HOOGSTRATEN (Frans van) Het Voorhof... - Lot 671 - Briscadieu
Emblemata HOOGSTRATEN (Frans van) Het Voorhof der Ziele, behangen met leerzaeme Prenten en Zinnebeelden. Rotterdam, Van Hoogstraeten, 1668. In-4 : 8f. (including engraved title), 199pp, (9); illustrated with 60 engravings in the text, each accompanied by Dutch poems preceded by mottoes in various languages. Contemporary stiff vellum, handwritten title on spine. First edition dedicated to Johan de Vries. This book of emblems is the first work illustrated by the famous Dutch painter, sculptor and engraver Romein de Hooghe; The illustrations show some biblical scenes, scenes from everyday life of the time (hunts, fishermen, children playing, a surgeon operating on a breast, a man washing his feet, etc.), as well as landscapes and a view of the port of Rotterdam.
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