La Vie de la Mere de Dieu, representée par divers emblesmes = Vitae beatae Mariae virginis matris Dei = Dass Leben der allerseeligsten Jungfrau Mariae, Mutter Gottes, bestehend in 26 emblematische Kupffern.
1710. Hardcover. Very Good. Item #44967
S.l.: s.n., s.d. [Augsburg: Johann Christoph Kolb, ca. 1710 or later?]. Slim 4to. Quarter green leather, marbled paper boards, gilt title, raised spine bands. Marbled endpapers. [2 binder's blanks], [26] leaves, [3 blanks]. [1] tipped-in frontispiece with three engravings laid in. Printed to recto only. Chips to spine ends, spine sunned, light wear to extremities. Spot of tape residue to head of front joint. Hinges starting, a few pieces of tape to pastedowns. Damp staining to foot of gutter. The engravings are revised copies of Jacques Callot's etchings for Vita Beatae Mariae Virginis Matris Dei emblematibus delineata, first published probably in Lorraine and for the second time in Paris by Langlois, 1646. First leaf is title. Motto at head of each emblematic engraving and explanatory verses beneath are given in Latin, French and German. Ink inscription to flyleaf (dated 1857) notes that this book was rare in France and then largely unknown to bibliographers, and the frontispiece is not present in any digitized copies held by institutions and is likely a later addition of three additional engravings from other works. Provenance: Ink inscription to flyleaf of Arthur Dinaux [1795-1864], a French journalist, historian, and antiquarian. He died at Montataire in Hauts-de-France. « Ce recueil de 27 figures (y compris le frontispiece) sur la vie emblematique de la vierge, expliquée en vers francais, latins, et allemands, est rare en France es inconnu auf bibliographes. S'ouvrage est de Jean Daniel Zers es parait exécuté à Augsbourg au 17th siècle. Il est tour grave es curieux. Montataire, 1857 - A. Dinaux » ("This collection of 27 figures (including the frontispiece) on the emblematic life of the virgin, explained in French, Latin, and German verse, is rare in France unknown to bibliographers. The work is by Jean Daniel Zers is said to have been executed in Augsburg in the 17th century. It is all serious and curious. Montataire, 1857 - A. Dinaux") Emblems include; The Salamander in the Flames, Ship in the Storm, Dawn, The Eagle and His Young, The Bird of Paradise, The Grapevine, The Vulture, Two Palm Trees, The Gardener, The Doe, The Oyster with the Pearl, Sun Rays, The Pearl Washer, Lion and Lion Young Pursued by the Hunters, The Dolphins and the Crocodile, The Lamb Seeks His Young, The Huntress, The doe mourns her young, The lioness mourns her young, The dove in the wild, Noah's ark, The gardener, The man by the fire, Rain and sun, The two crowns, Nile flooding in Egypt.
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