EMBLEM BOOKS -- POOT, H.K. Het groot natuur- en zedekundigh werelttoneel. Delft, R. Boitet, 1743-50. 3 vols. W. engr. front., ti-vign., dedicatory engr. & 351 quadrangular engr. (ca. 13,5 x 8 cm.) with a circular centre (flanked by different ornamental borders) containing emblemetical illustrations engr. by F. Ottens & J.C. Philips. Fol. Cont. hcf. w. raised bands, uncut. (Labels gone, 2 spine ends a bit dam., corners bumped, name entry on half-ti., slightly browned/foxed).
This work by the poet H.K. Poot (1689-1733) can be characterized as an emblematical, historical encyclopaedia of physical, ethical and aesthetical concepts based on the works of Ripa, Kastellini, Valerianus, Horus Apollo. It comprises all fields of human knowledge and activities. - Landwehr, Emblem & Fable Books, 681; Praz p. 461-62.€ 200
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