EMBLEM/FABLE BOOKS -- DENE, E. de. De warachtighe fabulen der dieren. (Bruges, P. de Clerck for M. Gheeraerts, 1567). 216, (4) pp. W. large ti-engr. & 106 (of 107) half-p. emblematical engrs. by M. Gheeraerts Sm-4º. Old mottled cf. w. raised bands & richly dec. gilt back. (Label gone, lack p. 59/60 (w. 1 engr. emblem) and 1 index-leaf, the last blank and last free endpaper, margins cut short in places, touching the text at the top of the page or the left edge of the engr., owner's entry on first free endpaper, ti-p. slightly soiled and w. erased owner's entry, slightly thumbed/soiled in places). estimate EUR 2.000 ¶ Extremely rare first edition of this influential Dutch emblem- and fable-book, with the prints based on the illustrations by Bernard Salomon for Gilles Corrozet, 'Les fables du tres ancien Esope' (1542). - Landwehr, 189; Praz, p. 314f.; De Vries, 11; Belgica Typografica, 838. - Sold w.a.f., not subject to return.
EMBLEM/FABLE BOOKS -- DENE, E. de. De warachtighe fabulen der dieren. (Bruges, P. de Clerck for M. Gheeraerts, 1567). 216, (4) pp. W. large ti-engr. & 106 (of 107) half-p. emblematical engrs. by M. Gheeraerts Sm-4º. Old mottled cf. w. raised bands & richly dec. gilt back. (Label gone, lack p. 59/60 (w. 1 engr. emblem) and 1 index-leaf, the last blank and last free endpaper, margins cut short in places, touching the text at the top of the page or the left edge of the engr., owner's entry on first free endpaper, ti-p. slightly soiled and w. erased owner's entry, slightly thumbed/soiled in places). estimate EUR 2.000 ¶ Extremely rare first edition of this influential Dutch emblem- and fable-book, with the prints based on the illustrations by Bernard Salomon for Gilles Corrozet, 'Les fables du tres ancien Esope' (1542). - Landwehr, 189; Praz, p. 314f.; De Vries, 11; Belgica Typografica, 838. - Sold w.a.f., not subject to return.
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