Emblem booksThere are 18 items
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De deis gentium imagines aliquot iconicae aeneis tabulis per Philipp. Galleum exaratae; et variis distichis ab Hug. Favolio illustratae
Antwerp, [Philips Galle], 1581A model book intended for the instruction of young artists and artisans, consisting of twenty-nine engravings of ancient gods, each depicted in the nude, in diverse and complicated postures, as if to instruct the viewer on the anatomy of the body; a few lines of Latin verse by the Flemish humanist-physician Hugo Favolius (1523-1585) explicate each image. Its widespread use by craftsmen is attested by copies carved in wooden panels of four pieces of contemporary French furniture. -
Emblem books in the Low Countries, 1554-1949 : a bibliography (Bibliotheca Emblematica, 3)
Utrecht, Haentjens Dekker & Gumbert, 1970(27 cm), xlvii (1), 150 pp., illustrations. Publisher’s grey cloth, green skiver lettering-piece (remainder binding). - 752 entries. A revision of the author’s Dutch emblem books: a bibliography (Utrecht 1962). In the subsequent, third edition (1988), narrower chronological limits of 1542-1813 were applied. Reviewed by Ronald Breugelmans, in Quaerendo, volume 5 (1975), pp.265-268; and by Jochen Becker, in Oud-Holland, volume 87 (1973), pp.142-148. ¶ Very good copy. -
German emblem books, 1531-1888 : a bibliography (Bibliotheca Emblematica, 5)
Utrecht & Leiden, Haentjens Dekker & Gumbert / A.W. Sijthoff, 1972(27 cm), vii (1), 184 pp. Publisher’s cloth. - 661 entries, comprehensively indexed. ¶ Very good copy. -
Studies in seventeenth-century imagery. Second edition, considerably increased (Sussidi Eruditi, 16) § Pt. II. 1. Addenda et corrigenda (by Mario Praz); 2. Hilary M.J. Sayles: Chronological list of emblem books (Sussidi Eruditi, 17)
Rome, Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 1975 (1974)Two volumes in one (25 cm), I (1975): 607 (3) pp., illustrations. II (1974): 108 (6) pp. Bound in red buckram, black skiver lettering-piece (a collector’s binding). - Part I is an offset reprint of the second, expanded 1964 edition; part II supplements that edition. “This remains a work of great stature. It will continue to be the starting-point for all who come to toil in the same field, and only their devoted labours for generations can possibly make it obsolescent” (from a review by John Horden of the 1964 edition, in The Book Collector, Spring 1965, pp.101-105). ¶ Excellent, unmarked copy. -
Studies in seventeenth-century imagery. Second edition considerably increased
Rome, Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 1975 (1974)(25 cm), 607 pp., illustrations. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - Reprint of the second, expanded 1964 edition. ¶ Fine copy. -
French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese books of devices and emblems, 1534-1827 : a bibliography (Bibliotheca Emblematica, 6)
Utrecht, Haentjens Dekker & Gumbert, 1976(27 cm), xviii, 230 pp. Publisher’s cloth. - 789 entries. ¶ Faint marks on covers; otherwise a good copy. -
The Comely frontispiece : the emblematic title-page in England 1550-1660
London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979(24 cm), viii, 248 pp., 20 plates. Publisher’s boards, dust jacket. - Commentaries on 20 woodcut or engraved title-pages from English books published between 1577 and 1651. Among these books are works of literature (Sidney’s Arcadia, Drayton’s Poly-Olbion, Jonson’s Works), travel books (Captain John Smith’s Generall Historie of Virginia and van Linschoten’s Discours of Voyages), translations (Chapman’s Homer and Sylvester’s DuBartas), and Bibles (the Bishops’ of 1602 and the King James), as well as John Dee’s General and Rare Memorials, Burton’s Anatomy of Melancholy, and Hobbes’ Leviathan. ¶ Excellent copy. -
Wort und Bild : Buchkunst und Druckgraphik in den Niederlanden im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert (catalogue of an exhibition held at the Belgisches Haus, Cologne, 1 October-31 October 1981)
Cologne, Belgisches Haus, 1981(24 cm), 214 (2) pp., illustrations. 68 catalogue entries. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Catalogue for a pioneering exhibition, “the first attempt to see book-illustration and graphic art as practised in the Netherlands in the golden age of the 17th century as contemporaries saw it, not (as we do) with the aesthetic and antiquarian prejudices of hindsight” (from a notice in The Book Collector, Summer 1982, p.219). Entries by Marion Grams, Monika Haas, Bettina Kümmerling, Wolfgang Prange, Hans-Joachim Raupp, Anke Repp, Ulrike Rössler, and Claudia Vermeil. ¶ Very good, unmarked copy. -
Emblem books in the Princeton University Library. Short-title catalogue
Princeton, Princeton University Library, 1984(27 cm), (8) vii (3), 105 (1) pp. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - 801 entries and 5 indexes giving access to the books by place, date and other circumstances of publication. “Chronologically, the collection sensibly starts long before Alciati, with Sebastian Brant, and comes right down to Charlotte Mutsaer’s Het circus van de geest (Amsterdam 1983). The principle is an excellent one, especially when the alphabetical catalogue is provided with chronological and topographical indexes, and the result is a guide which deserves to be shelved next to Mario Praz himself” (from a notice in The Book Collector, Summer 1986, pp.242-243). 500 copies printed. ¶ Light shelf wear. -
Emblem and fable books printed in the Low Countries 1542-1813 : a bibliography. Third revised and augmented edition
Utrecht, HES Publishers, 1988(24.5 cm), 444 pp., illustrations. Publisher’s cloth. - Third, revised edition, registering 900 editions of emblem books published between 1554 and 1813, and 235 editions of fable books published 1542-1813. Publisher’s retail price €141 (www.brill.com; link). ¶ Very good copy. -
Livres d’emblèmes & recueils de fables illustrés : principalement du dix-septième siècle (catalogue for an auction conducted by Claude Boisgirard with the expertise of Pierre Berès, Paris, 24 April 1991)
Paris, Claude Boisgirard, 1991(28 cm), [48] pp., illustrations (most in colour). 141 lots. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - A portion of the library of Jan Henrik (John) Landwehr (1924-2015), prolific bibliographer and tireless marchand-amateur. Sales were conducted subsequently in Munich (Zisska & Kistner, 26-29 April 1999, “Sammlung Landwehr”) and London (Bloomsbury, 15 November 2006). A group of 200 emblem books (”Collectie Landwehr”) had been sold in 1962 to Utrecht University Library. ¶ Lower wrapper creased. Good, unmarked copy. -
The evolution of seventeenth-century emblematic literature in the Netherlands (handlist accompanying an exhibition held in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1992)
Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, 1992(21.5 cm), [16] pp., illustrations. 42 entries. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Introductory essays, “Biographies of Major Authors”, and “Checklist of the Exhibition”. ¶ Good, unmarked copy. -
Barocke Bilder – Eythelkeit, Allegorie – Symbol – Personifikation (catalogue of an exhibition organised by the Graphisches Kabinett, Stift Göttweig, 20 May-31 October 1993)
Göttweig, Graphisches Kabinett Stift Göttweig, 1993(23 cm), 242 pp., text illustrations. Errata slip loosely inserted. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - 119 catalogue entries. ¶ Light shelfwear; very good, unmarked copy. -
SinnBilderWelten : Emblematische Medien in der Frühen Neuzeit (catalogue of an exhibition held in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, 11 August-1 October 1999)
Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 1999(21 × 21 cm), 160 pp., [4] p. of colour plates (Farbtafel 1-4), text illustrations. Inserted errata leaf (”Durch ein Versehen wurde die Seite 161 nicht in den Katalog eingebunden”). Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - 214 catalogue entries. ¶ Very good, unmarked copy. -
[Stock catalogues, hors série] Entre texte et image : Emblèmes : devises : iconologie
Paris, Paul Jammes, 2003(23 × 25 cm), 119 (1) pp., illustrations. 161 items; priced. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Preface by Pierre Laurens (pp.3-5). ¶ Short tear in wrapper; otherwise excellent, unmarked copy. -
Catalogue of important emblem books from the collection of John Landwehr: sixteenth century, seventeenth century, eighteenth century (catalogue for an auction conducted by Bloomsbury Auctions, London, 15 November 2006)
London, Bloomsbury Auctions, 2006(30 cm), (6) 66 (4) pp., illustrations (some in colour). 101 lots. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - A portion of the library of Jan Henrik (John) Landwehr (1924-2015), bibliographer and marchand-amateur, with a preface (”Collecting Dutch Emblem Books”) by Landwehr. Of the 101 lots, “only fifty-five of them sold, mostly below estimate” (saleroom report, in The Book Collector, Spring 2007, p.78). Previous sales of Landwehr’s emblem books were conducted in Paris (Claude Boisgirard with the expertise of Pierre Berès, 24 April 1991) and Munich (Zisska & Kistner, 26-29 April 1999, “Sammlung Landwehr”). A group of 200 Dutch emblem books (”Collectie Landwehr”) had been sold in 1962 to Utrecht University Library. ¶ Good, unmarked copy. -
Catalogue of important emblem books from the collection of John Landwehr: sixteenth century, seventeenth century, eighteenth century (catalogue for an auction conducted by Bloomsbury Auctions, London, 15 November 2006)
London, Bloomsbury Auctions, 2006(30 cm), (6) 66 (4) pp., illustrations (some in colour). 101 lots. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - A portion of the library of Jan Henrik (John) Landwehr (1924-2015), prolific bibliographer and marchand-amateur, with a preface (”Collecting Dutch Emblem Books”) by Landwehr. Previous sales of emblem books were conducted in Paris (Claude Boisgirard with the expertise of Pierre Berès, 24 April 1991) and Munich (Zisska & Kistner, 26-29 April 1999, “Sammlung Landwehr”). A group of 200 Dutch emblem books (”Collectie Landwehr”) had been sold in 1962 to Utrecht University Library. ¶ Good, unmarked copy. -
Emblemata : symbolic literature of the Renaissance from the collection of Robin Raybould (catalogue for an exhibition held in the Grolier Club, New York, 10 September-6 November 2009)
New York, Grolier Club, 2009(23 cm), v (1), 137 (1) pp., illustrations. 87 catalogue entries. Publisher’s printed wrappers. ¶ Very good, unmarked copy.
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