Fable, parable, and allegoryThere are 8 items
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Vita del Lascivo
Venice, Con Lic. De’ Supe. & Privileg. [no publisher named], c. 1660-1680An engraved ‘Life of the Rake’, an extremely rare set of prints retelling the cautionary tale of the Prodigal Son in seventeenth-century Venice. -
Fable books printed in the Low Countries : a concise bibliography until 1800
Nieuwkoop, B. de Graaf, 1963(24 cm), xv (1), 43 (1) pp., [6] leaves of plates (pls.I-XII). 301 catalogue entries. Publisher’s green cloth. - Introduction by H. de la Fontaine Verwey. Another version of this bibliography, omitting incunabula and post incunabula, and all the illustrations, was published by the author as “Fable books printed in the Low Countries 1542-1813” (in Emblem and Fable books printed in the Low Countries, 1542-1813, Utrecht 1988). ¶ Very good copy. -
Aesop in England : the transmission of motifs in seventeenth-century illustrations of Aesop's fables
Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia / Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1979(23.5 cm), x, 163 (1) pp. 70 illustrations. Publisher’s green cloth (no dust jacket issued). - The author is mainly concerned with the illustrations created by Wenceslaus Hollar and Francis Barlow, and shows the influence of their work on Elisha Kirkall and Bewick, and on emblem makers. ¶ Fine copy. -
Fabula docet : Illustrierte Fabelbücher aus sechs Jahrhunderten (catalogue of an exhibition held at the Herzog-August-Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, 10 December 1983-23 April 1984; Ausstellungskataloge der Herzog-August-Bibliothek, 41)
Wolfenbüttel, Herzog-August-Bibliothek, 1983(26 cm), 229 (1) pp., illustrations (some in colour). Folding “Motivströme in der Fabelillustration vom 15. bis 18. Jahrhundert” loosely inserted. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Catalogue (170 entries) and six essays by Peter Hasubek (definitions of the fable), Klaus Grubmüller (the fable in Antiquity and the Middle Ages), and Christian Ludwig Küster (illustrations in fable books of the 15th-16th centuries), Jürgen Grimm (illustrated editions of La Fontaine’s fables), Martin Bircher (Swiss fable books), Helmut Arntzen (German animal fables in the 18th century). “The first serious attempt to present the fable, as a literary and social genre, as transmitted by the press… To all who think of fables as simply an adjunct of ‘children’s books’ (a confused label at best), this exhibition will be a revelation. Vivid, original, scholarly, it deserves wider exposure outside Germany” (The Book Collector, Autumn 1984, pp.340-343). The content is drawn from the HAB’s own collections and the private library of Dr Ulrich von Kritter (1909-1999). ¶ Very good, unmarked copy. -
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. -
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.
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