‎VAENIUS Otto - Otto van VEEN - Quinti Horatii Flacci Emblemata :‎
‎Quinti Horatii Flacci Emblemata Imaginibus in aes incisis, notisque illustrata, studio Othonis Vaeni Batavo-Lugdunensis. Editio nova correctior, & SS. Patrum, Senecae atque aliorum Philosophorum & Poëtarum Sententiis, novisque Versibus aucta.‎

‎ Bruxellis (Brussel), apud Franciscum Foppens, 1683, small in-folio, 28,5 x 22 cm, title-page printed in red & black with engraved portrait vignette + (6) (with full-page engraved portrait of Otto Vaenius by de Larmessin) + 205 pp with 103 large emblematical engravings (180 x 150 mm) + (3) pp (index). Contemporary vellum, without stains or browning, good contemporary binding. Nice copy of an emblematical work which went through many editions, well into the 18th century. The first edition (1607) was published in Antwerp by Verdussen. 103 proverbs and quotations from the works of Horatius are each illustrated with a copper engraving. The text is in French, Latin, Italian and Dutch. The Dutch text in the original edition is by Bredero. In our edition this text has been reworked. (Praz pp. 523).‎

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