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VONDEL, JOOST VAN DEN.
TOONNEEL DES MENSCHELYKEN LEVENS OF DE VERNIEUWDE GULDEN WINKEL; WAAR IN DOOR POETISCHE, HISTORISCHE, MORALE, EN SCHRIFTUURLIJKE LEERINGEN, DEN MENSCHE VERTOONT WERD, HOEDANIG HY ZIJN LEVEN, HANDEL, EN WANDEL ... ZAL OVERBRENGEN. AMSTERDAM, WILLEM LAMSVELT, 1699.
4to. Contemporary vellum with title written in ink on spine, red sprinkled edges. Engraved allegorical title dated 1698, printed title with woodcut ornament, 74 half-page engraved emblems in text, woodcut initials. (10), 148,(2) pp. <B>(2) IDEM. </B>V<I>orstelijcke warande der dieren: waer in de zeden-rijcke philosophie, poetisch, morael, en historiael, vermakelijck en treffelijck wort voorgestelt. </I>Amsterdam, Sander Wybrantsz, Jan Blom, Andries Vinck & Aert Dircksz. Oossaen, 1682. Engraved emblem on title, 125 half-page engraved emblems by Marcus Geraards in text, woodcut head- and endpieces, woodcut initials. (6), 126 ff.<B>(3) IDEM. </B><I>De helden godes des ouwden verbonds, met kunstige beeldenissen vertoont, en poeetelijck verklaert. Midsgaders: een hymnus of lofzangh van de Christelijcke ridder, en de Heerlijckheyd van Salomon</I>. Amsterdam, widow of Gysbert de Groot, 1699. Woodcut ornament on title, 38 nearly full-page emblems in text, woodcut initials. (12), 132 pp.<B>(4) IDEM. </B><I>Joannes de boetgezant. Begrepen in zes boecken</I>. Amsterdam, widow of Abraham de Wees, 1662. Woodcut illustation of a well on title, engraved coat of arms of the dedicatee Johan Maurits of Nassau on p. 3, woodcut initials. 119, (1) pp. <B>Ad 1: </B>First Lamsvelt edition and the 7th edition out of nine in total, with the engraved title dated Amsterdam, Willem Lamsvelt, 1698 and 74 half-page engraved emblems in text. With the last leaf containing a stock-list of books which were available at Willem Lamsvelt. Landwehr, <I>Emblem books</I>, mentions that for this edition nine new plates were cut. (on pp. 48, 64, 66, 68, 92, 94, 96, 98 and 140), while in <I>Emblem and Fable Books</I> he states that only the emblems on p. 64 & 140 are new.<B>Ad 2:</B> Second edition with the famous half-page engraved emblems by Marcus Gheeraert's etchings for Edewaerd De Dene's <I>De Waarachtighe fabulen der dieren </I>(Bruges, Pieter de Clerck, 1567). Marcus Gheeraerts had cut 107 plates for the <I>Waarachtige fabulen</I>. These 107 plates, together with 18 new ones by Philippus Galle (nrs. 1-3, 11, 14, 18-19, 21-22, 24, 47, 50, 52, 54, 98, 101, 110 & 114), are used by Philippe Galle in Antwerp for his <I>Esbatement moral des animaux</I> in 1578. These 125 plates are re-used by Dirck Pietersz. for the first edition of Vondel's <I>Warande der dieren</I> in 1617. In the preliminaries an exerpt of van Mander's <I>Schilder-boeck </I>on Marcus Gheeraerts.<B>Ad 3: </B>Second edition, being a re-print of the first edition printed in Amsterdam by Dirck Pietersz. Pers in 1620, with engravings (some signed) by Johan Sadeler after Crispijn van den Broeck. In this work Vondel described 38 characters from the Old Testament and Apocrifical Books. The incorporated <I>Heerlyckheyd van Salomon </I>has a seperate half-title but continuous pagination. It is Voldel's translation ofthe work by Gyuillaume de Saluste, 'Heere van Bartas, Phenix der Fransche Poeten'.<B>Ad 4: </B>First edition, with above the dedication the engraved coat of arms of Johan Maurits of Nassau. Fine copies. <B>Ad 1</B>: Unger 77; Schuytvlot 51; Landwehr, <I>Emblem books</I>, 732; idem, <I>Emblem and Fable Books</I>, 882; <B>Ad 2</B>: Unger 86; Schuytvlot 55; Landwehr,<I> Emblem books</I>, 736; idem, <I>Emblem and Fable Books</I>, 889; <B>Ad 3: </B>Unger 101; Schuytvlot 62; not in Landwehr, <I>Emblem Books, </I>nor <I>Emblem and Fable Books</I>; <B>Ad 4: </B>Unger 647, Schuytvlot 88, <I>Cat. Vondeltentoonstelling</I> 358.
Bookseller reference : A44CDB01U79O
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SENECA, LUCIUS ANNAEUS.
IN L. ANNAEI SENECAE CORDUBENSIS POETAE GRAVISSIMI TRAGOEDIAS DECEM; SCILICET HERCULEM FURENTEM, HERCULEM OETAEUM, MEDEAM, HIPPOLYTUM, OEDIPUM, THEBIDEM, THYESTEM, TROADES, AGAMEMNONEM, OCTAVIAM, AMPPLISSIMA ADVERSARIA, QUAE LOCO COMMENTARII ESSE POSSUNT. EX BIBLIOTHECA MARTINI ANTONII DELRIO. ANTWERP, EX OFFICINA CHRISTOPHORI PLANTINI, 1576.
4to. Contemporary overlapping limp vellum with remnants of ties. Printer's device on title, woodcut initials. (24), 381 pp. First edition of the commentary and notes by Martin Antoine Delrio (1551-1608) on ten tragedies by Seneca together with an edition of these texts. In his commentary, knwon for its modern approach, Delrio cites not only a great number of ancient greek and Latin authors but also many contemporary humanists, citing from the works of poets, scientists, jurists etc., like Petrarch, Lodovico Dolce, Ortelius, Justius Lipsius etc. Delrio also includes autobiographical comments and a list of sources, ancient and modern. The Flemish theologian and Jesuit scholar Delrio is known for his influential work on witchcraft and magic: <I>Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex</I> (Louvain, 1599). Good copy.- (Some marginal wormholes in first 12 leaves). Brunet V, 286; Voet 2197; De Backer-Sommervogel II, 1896.4; Adams S-909.
Bookseller reference : 66PGAXRWHU5F
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