Emblemata Florentii Schoonhovii I.C. Goudani, Partim Moralia partim etiam Civilia: cum latiori eorundem ejusdem auctoris interpretatione : accedunt et alia quædam poëmatia in alijs poëmatum suorum libris non contenta.
first edition Hardcover
1618 · Gouda
by SCHOONHOVIUS, Florentius (1594-1648).
Gouda: Apud Andream Burier, 1618. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to (200 x 182 mm). Pagination: [12], 1-251pp. Signatures: *(6); A-Z(4); Aa-Gg(4); Hh(6). Engraved title and engraved oval portrait of Schoonhovius. 74 (numbered I-LXXIX) engraved emblem vignettes in text. Near contemporary vellum with green silk ribbons; (title remargined, joints somewhat splitting). Formerly in the Valentine Museum in Richmond, VA (their rubber stamp).
First edition of one of the more popular emblem books of the period printed in Gouda, Holland. Florentius Schoovius (1594-1648) studied law at Leiden University and later made a controversial conversion to Roman Catholicism. As a result, he was excluded from all public offices and dedicated himself to writing Latin poetry and emblem books. His Emblemata went through four editions and was regarded as one of the most popular emblem books of the seventeenth century. The emblems in this edition were considered quite familiar for their time, but the text was in a certain sense new. Schoonhoviuss series dealt with the subject of knowledge with scholarly undercurrents; these emblems are known for moving from the moral to intellectual sphere. Andries Burier, printer in Gouda, was active from 1613 to 1618 and known mostly by this work. Schoonhoviuss Emblemata, geared for a specific social group, encouraged freedom of inquiry amongst a new cosmopolitan and intellectual republic of Europe. This edition rare in the US, most copies are held in European institutions. (Inventory #: JC14670)
First edition of one of the more popular emblem books of the period printed in Gouda, Holland. Florentius Schoovius (1594-1648) studied law at Leiden University and later made a controversial conversion to Roman Catholicism. As a result, he was excluded from all public offices and dedicated himself to writing Latin poetry and emblem books. His Emblemata went through four editions and was regarded as one of the most popular emblem books of the seventeenth century. The emblems in this edition were considered quite familiar for their time, but the text was in a certain sense new. Schoonhoviuss series dealt with the subject of knowledge with scholarly undercurrents; these emblems are known for moving from the moral to intellectual sphere. Andries Burier, printer in Gouda, was active from 1613 to 1618 and known mostly by this work. Schoonhoviuss Emblemata, geared for a specific social group, encouraged freedom of inquiry amongst a new cosmopolitan and intellectual republic of Europe. This edition rare in the US, most copies are held in European institutions. (Inventory #: JC14670)