73 2549 Emblemata La Court P de 73 2549 Emblemata La Court P de 73/2549 [Emblemata]. (La Court, P. de). Sinryke fabulen, Verklaart en Toegepast Tot alderley Zeede-lessen. Dienstig om waargenoomen te werden in het Menschelijke en Burgerlijke leeven. Amst., H. Sweerts, 1685, (18),727p., engr. frontisp. and 100 emblems by J. GOLE, contemp. vellum, 4to. - Old annot. on upper pastedown and (vague) entry on title-p.; lower hinge starting to split. Corners bumped; a few sm. stains on covers. = Bodemann 82.1; Landwehr 433; Praz p.392; Wildenberg 1131. Van de Klashorst 310: "Collection of fables, each of which is interpreted, usually in a political, republican sense. The author warns continuously against the dangers of monarchy. He also expounds a Cartesian psychology". The Children's World of Learning 3094: "The book represents a perfect example of the coexistence and cross-fertilisation of fable and emblem books, which took place in The Netherlands in the late 17th century." First and only edition.
73 2549 Emblemata La Court P de 73 2549 Emblemata La Court P de 73/2549 [Emblemata]. (La Court, P. de). Sinryke fabulen, Verklaart en Toegepast Tot alderley Zeede-lessen. Dienstig om waargenoomen te werden in het Menschelijke en Burgerlijke leeven. Amst., H. Sweerts, 1685, (18),727p., engr. frontisp. and 100 emblems by J. GOLE, contemp. vellum, 4to. - Old annot. on upper pastedown and (vague) entry on title-p.; lower hinge starting to split. Corners bumped; a few sm. stains on covers. = Bodemann 82.1; Landwehr 433; Praz p.392; Wildenberg 1131. Van de Klashorst 310: "Collection of fables, each of which is interpreted, usually in a political, republican sense. The author warns continuously against the dangers of monarchy. He also expounds a Cartesian psychology". The Children's World of Learning 3094: "The book represents a perfect example of the coexistence and cross-fertilisation of fable and emblem books, which took place in The Netherlands in the late 17th century." First and only edition.
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