Etched t.p. vignette. 100 emblematic etchings by J.C. Schott who signed the last two. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials

Translated by Ludwig Camerarius from the Spanish ed. (Prague, 1581). See Landwehr

Signatures: pi3 A-2B⁴ 2C1

Landwehr, J. German emblem books

Binding: calfskin, rebacked. Edges of boards and turn-ins gilt rolled. Page edges sprinkled red & tan

Ownership inscription of Lisa & Leonard Baskin on back pastedown, with note that book was rebacked by N. Abrams, Oct. 1975. Baskin's printed label for Fort Hill on front pastedown

Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte e d'antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara, 1857

[6], 201, [1] p. (the last blank) 20 cm. (4to)

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