- Lower hinge broken. Joints split(ting); lacks letterpiece; binding sl. worn.
= Landwehr 358; De Vries 130 (erroneous collation); BCNI 9887. The second edition of the Dutch translation of Pia desideria (first ed. Antw., H. Aertssens, 1629), w. woodcuts from the Latin ed. by Paets, 1628.
- Lacks the halftitle (*2) and the last 2 leaves (Cc7 and Cc8, with licenses and impressum); occas. sl. browned/ small stains; cut sl. short in upper margin, a few times touching the running title or page numbers. On the whole a good copy.
= Landwehr 345: "Editio princeps of perhaps the most influential religious emblem book."; Praz 376-377: "Between 1624 and 1757 no less than 42 Latin editions are recorded". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVIII.
- Owner's stamp on htitle; occas. foxed; 2 leaves w. sm. burn hole in text.
= This variant ed. not in Landwehr, nor in De Backer/ Sommervogel; cf. Landwehr 345 and 346; De Backer/ Sommervogel II, p.220-223; Praz 376-377: "Between 1624 and 1757 no less than 42 Latin editions are recorded". Rare and nice small-sized edition.
- Lacks leaf A4 and the leaves w. emblem 15, 16, 18, 23 and 24; the leaves w. emblem 2 and 3 are badly dam. (lower half torn off); large closed tear in engr. title; sm. tear in image of plates 1 and 17; plate 25 lacks lower inner corner (touching the platemark); scribbling in old pen and ink on endpapers and final blank (causing stain in the large engr. on dedicatory leaf); partly soiled in blank margins. Binding rubbed along extremities. Sold w.a.f.
= Landwehr 372; Praz 381.
- New pastedowns; title-p. heavily waterstained and one repaired dam. spot in text; a few unobtrusive wormholes; inner margins occas. strengthened; a few lvs. very vaguely foxed/ waterstained. Binding w. a few minor dam. spots.
= Landwehr 400; Praz p.385; Typographia Batava 2726; Belg. Typogr. 1663; Voet 1478. First published in 1565. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIX.
- A few sm. closed tears; hinges weak; occas. sl. fingersoiled. Frontcover worn spot; corners sl. worn.
= Landwehr 454; De Vries 43; Klaversma/ Hannema 828; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 481.
Elger, W. den. Zinne-beelden der liefde, Met Puntdigten en Aanteekeningen. Amst., Wed. J. van Heekeren/ I. vander Putte, 1725, 2nd ed., (10),368p., engr. title-p., title-vignette, 50 emblematical ills., contemp. giltlettered hroan, 4to.
- Lacks the engr. title; 2 leaves w. closed tear; occas. sl. stained in (mainly blank) margins; owner's stamp on verso of first blank. Corners and paper over covers rubbed.
= Landwehr 213; Praz p.323.
- Bookplate on verso frontisp. Upper joint split (backstrip loose).
= Klaversma/ Hannema 909-912; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 425; Landwehr 499. The first edition.
- Free endpapers and final blank w. extensive (19th cent.) annots., one quire loose(ning); trifle yellowed; binding sl. worn along extremities; backstrip lacks sm. portion at foot.
= Landwehr 509 (erroneously 100 emblems); Klaversma/ Hannema 922-926; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 438. The first edition.
Idem. De Onwaardige Wereld, Vertoond in Vyftig Zinnebeelden, Met Godlyke Spreuken en Stichtelyke Verzen. Ibid., Erven F. Houttuyn, 1778, (6),208,(10)p., engr. frontisp. and 50 emblems by J. LUIKEN, sl. later hcl., sm. 8vo.
- Partly sl. stained and fingersoiled. Binding sl. worn.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 997; cf. Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 435 (not mentioning this edition); Landwehr 506.
AND 1 other by the same.
- Binding w. decoration in contemp./ sl. later pen and ink.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 939; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 443; Landwehr 525. The illustrations i.a. depicting children's games, incl. "De Kolf".
- Frontisp. sl. dam.; sl. foxed/ (water)stained (affecting 1 emblem); final free endpaper reattached.
= Landwehr 503; Klaversma/ Hannema 991-994; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 435.
- Heavily fingersoiled, upper margin cut short. Recased, modern endpapers; vellum soiled; upper joint splitting.
= Landwehr 503; Klaversma/ Hannema 991-994; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 435.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; occas. trifle fingersoiled; 2 lvs. w. sm. hole.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 997; cf. Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 435 (not mentioning this edition); Landwehr 506.
Idem. De zedelyke en stichtelyke gezangen (...). En Den Lof en Oordeel van de Werken der Barmhertigheid. Amst., G. de Groot en Zoon, 1767, 2 parts in 1 vol., (8),300,(8 index); 17,(1)p., divisional title and 30 emblems by J. LUIKEN, bound unif. w. the preceding, sm. 8vo. - BOUND WITH: Spinniker, A. De Werken en Vergelding der Barmhartigheid, uit Matth: XXV. berymd. Ibid., idem, 1767, 32p., engr. frontisp. and 13 emblems by J. LUIKEN.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown. Backstrip sl. dam.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 1045 and 1365; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 399 and 440; Landwehr 498 (the second work not in Landwehr).
- One quire (K) yellowed. Otherwise very fine. = Landwehr 528; Klaversma/ Hannema 1001.
AND 1 other by the same: Des Menschen Begin, Midden en Einde; Vertoonende het Kinderlyk Bedryf en Aanwasch (...) (Amst., 1782, engr. title, portrait and 51 emblems, contemp. vellum. Sl. fingersoiled and (water)stained).
- First vol. only; new first endpapers. Otherwise fine. = Landwehr 610. Rare.
- First free endpaper loose; tiny wormhole in upper inner and lower blank margins throughout.
= The rare first edition. Landwehr 618; De Vries, Emblemata 58; Scheurleer 32. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIX.
- Occas. sl. dogeared, otherwise fine.
= De Vries, Emblemata 68; Praz, p. 451; Landwehr 632; cf. Scheurleer p.33; Muller 382; Scheepers 632. Rare.
- Lower blank margin occas. trifle dampstained in outer corner. Binding sl. rubbed along extremities; upper joint splitting.
= Landwehr 684. Rare edition, intended for young people with an interest in the art of drawing (acc. to the publisher's introduction).
- Fine copy.
= Landwehr 696; Praz 484 and cf. 483: "The most remarkable treatise of political devices for the use of a Prince."; Willems 1806 note. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIX.
- Spine-ends sl. chipped; binding sl. rubbed. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Landwehr 697; cf. Praz 483: "The most remarkable treatise of political devices for the use of a Prince."
- Unobtrusively waterstained (apart from the first few lvs.) throughout; sl. yellowed; sm. bookplate of J. Jacobs on upper pastedown.
= The rare first edition. Landwehr 727; Praz p.493. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XC.