Sale 2457 - Early Printed Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, October 17, 2017

114 ● SCHOONHOVIUS, FLORENTIUS. Emblemata. 74 engraved emblems by Crispin van de Passe the Younger. [12], 235 pages, including engraved title and portrait of the author. 4to, 204x155 mm, contemporary vellum boards, somewhat soiled, upper turn-in sprung inside front cover; contents clean apart from light stain in lower margin of page 168 and a few scattered ink blots or smudges, small portions torn from top of rear free endpaper. Bookplate of Dr. Al. Percheron. Amsterdam: Joannes Janssonius, 1648 [400/600] Later edition of an emblem book originally published in 1618. Landwehr 730; Praz, page 493 note. 115 ● VAENIUS, OTTO. Q. Horati Flacci emblemata. 103 full-page engraved emblems. Latin text from Horace and other authors, with added verse in Dutch and French. 213, [1] (of [3]) pages; lacks final blank. 4to, 254x192 mm, later 19th-century 1 / 2 leather, rebacked; contents toned with conspicuous dampstaining at beginning and end, title soiled. Antwerp: Hieronymus Verdussen, 1607 [400/600] First published the same year with Latin text only. Landwehr 818. 116 ● ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS. Les Apophthegmes. French translation by Antoine Macault. 374, [4] leaves. 16mo, 118x84 mm, contemporary limp vellum, quite worn, ties lacking; contents toned with marginal foxing, occasional soiling and minor dampstaining, scattered marginal pencil markings. Paris: Étienne Groulleau, 1561 [300/500] EMBLEM LITERATURE, continued 114 115