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Amorum emblemata, figuris aeneis incisa

Woodcut t.p. vignette. 124 emblems, each with full-page ill. within an oval on right-hand page of opening, text on facing left-hand page. They are by Vaenius, except for the 1st which is signed by Cornelius Bol; see Landwehr · Imprint in colophon: Typis Henrici Swingenij · Signatures: pi (:) A-2H · Landwehr, J. Emblem and fable books (3rd ed.) · Recto of last leaf of c. 1 numbered 747 rather than 247 · Library's c. 1 lacks gathering (:) · Binding, c. 1: old red goatskin. Boards tooled in gilt with double frames. Edges of boards tooled in gilt, page edges gilt. At center of boards, at corners of the inner frames and on the spine are impressions in gilt of a monogram composed of 2 C's and 2 M's. Remains of two pairs of ties at foredge. Centered on the front pastedown is the 19th-century armorial bookplate of: Mr. A. G.-du Plessis, with a pencilled note in English identifying the cover monogram as that of Philippe du Plessis du Mornay. This note is apparently by John Landwehr, whose label appears at the lower left-hand corner of the front pastedown. However, the monogram is not among those illustrated in Olivier, Reliures armoriées, for Philippe de Mornay, seigneur du Plessis-Marly, 1

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