Full Calf
1584 · Antwerp
by Borcht, Petrus van der, engraver. Paul Uten Waele, designer.
Antwerp: Christophe Plantin, 1584. Full Calf. Very Good. Scarce miniature emblem book -- or really iconology book -- with only three copies located on OCLC First Search. 32mo. 112 by 58 mm. Two parts in one. Content only on rectos, but pagination also on versos. 464, 111 pp. In total, 285 copperplate engravings, each about two-thirds of the page, with a heading above, and a short text, or long caption, beneath, the vignette image. Images are of scenes from the life of Christ and the New Testament or from the lives of the saints, with ordering in accordance with saints' days on the calendar. Restoration to spine extremities and joints. Still loss of gilt decoration around extremities, and spine elsewhere with crackling and dryness. Within, at least one tear repaired on the first emblem leaf. Otherwise, the leaves are age toned but mostly clean besides. Some minor dog earring here and there.
(Inventory #: 005077)