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EMBLEM BOOKS -- (MOERMAN, J.). De cleyn werelt. Daer in claerlijcken door seer schoone Poêtische, Moralische en Historische exempelen betoont wort, alles wat den mensche (tot stichtinghe ende leeringhe in zijnen staet) heeft te vlieden ende naer te volghen. Amst., D. Pietersz. [Pers], 1608. (80) lvs. W. 74 fine engr. emblems by G. de Jode in text, numbered 1-74. Sm-4°. Very fine 19th c. red mor., signed by A. Motte, spine gilt and in compartments, sides ruled w. triple gilt border, inside dentelles, fine marbled endpapers, a.e.g. In beautiful custom-made h. mor. box by G. v. Daal. (Lacking the engr. front., margins trimmed and consequently the catchword on the 4th l. of the prelims).
From the library of Robert Hoe III and with his fine gilt leather bookplate. Robert Hoe III (1839-1909), American businessman and producer of printing press equipment. He succeeded Richard March Hoe as head of R. Hoe & Company, which continued its preeminence among printing-press makers. He was one of the organizers and first president of the Grolier Club, the well-known New York organization for the promotion of bookmaking as an art. He was also one of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. - Second edition in Dutch. Landwehr 564.€ 900
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