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<dl><dd>Engraved t.-p. by Cornelis Galle after Rubens. Port. of papal nuncio Pier Luigi Carafa, to whom the work is dedicated. Carafa arms and family trees. Emblematic ill. Woodcut tail-pieces, initials. Woodcut printer's device on p. facing colophon</dd>
<dd>"Elogium gentis Carafaeae ac stemma procerum eius," p. xvii-lxxx</dd>
<dd>Signatures: a-k A-3R 3S</dd>
<dd>Binding: 19th-century marbled paper, half red goatskin</dd>
<dd>Printed label of Fort Hill. Inscription "Lisa &amp; Leonard Baskin" on back flyleaf</dd>
<dd>Engraved title page by C. Galle, after Rubens; title within pictorial borders</dd>
<dd>Preface signed: Siluester Petra Sancta, è Societate Iesu. Leodij kal. mart. M. DC. XXXIV</dd>
<dd>"Cum priuilegiis caesareo et regio."</dd>
<dd>Signatures: a-k⁴ A-3R⁴ 3S⁶</dd>
<dd>Tail-pieces; initials; printed marginalia</dd>
<dd>"Elogium gentis Carafaeae ac stemma procerum eius": pages xvij-lxxx</dd>
<dd>Printer's device on page [514]; colophon on page [515]</dd>
<dd>Includes index</dd>
<dd>Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte e d'antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara, 1932</dd>
<dd>Landwehr, J. Emblem and fable books printed in the Low Countries, 1542-1813</dd>
<dd>Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.)</dd>
<dd>lxxx, 480, [36] pages : 22 cm (4to)</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Carafa family; Carafa (famille); Emblems; Heraldiek; Livres d'emblèmes; Carafa family -- Early works to 1800; Emblems -- Early works to 1800; Livres d'emblèmes -- Ouvrages avant 1800; Livres d'emblèmes -- Ouvrages avant 1800</div>
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Pietrasanta, Silvestro, 1590-1647</div>
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