EMBLEM BOOKS -- RIPA, C. Iconologia, of uytbeeldingen des verstands. (…) Een werck dat dienstigh is, allen Reedenaers, Poëten, Schilders, Beeldhouwers, Teyckenaers, en alle andere Konstbeminders en Liefhebbers der Geleertheyt (…). Om uyt te drucken, en te vinden, 't Begrip van alle Sinnebeelden, Invallen, Devijsen en Sinteykenen. Uyt het Italiaens vert. d. D.P. Pers. Amst., D.P. Pers, 1644. (14), 636, (8) pp. W. engr. front. & 196 woodcuts in text by J.C. J(egher). 4°. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. (Upper margin faintly stained at the beginning, old name entry on free endpaper (1676), slightly browned, else a very fine copy).
First Dutch translation of a highly influential emblem book based on Egyptian, Greek and Roman emblematical representations. The book was quoted extensively in various art forms in the 17th and 18th c. - Praz 474; Landwehr, Emblem books, 683.€ 500
uitslag € 800