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<dl><dd>Binding: old leather. Edges sprinkled red</dd>
<dd>Signature of P.J. von Buschman, dated 1763 (i.e. 1783?). Stamp of the Jesuit novitiate at Blyenbeck. Another stamp is illegible</dd>
<dd>First published Antwerp (Hendrick Aertssens), 1624. See J. Landwehr, Emblem and fable books (3rd ed.), 345</dd>
<dd>Added engraved t.p. dated 1741, retained from Metternich's ed. of that date. It is a worn, reworked and shortened version of the t.p. that appeared in Karl Munich's 1673 Cologne ed. The 46 emblematic ill. are similarly worn impressions from the plates of Munich's ed., themselves reduced copies after Boetius à Bolswert's engravings for the original ed. Woodcut t.p. ornament, tail-pieces</dd>
<dd>Signatures: *⁶ A-Z¹²⁺⁶</dd></dl><br>Subjects:</div>
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<dl><dd>Hugo, Herman, 1588-1629</dd>
<dd>Bolswert, Boëce van, approximately 1580-1633</dd></dl></div>
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