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SAMBUCUS, Johannes

Emblemata, et aliquot nummi antiqui operis Ioan Sambuci tirnaviensis pannoni, 4th revised edition

Antwerp
Christopher Plantin
1584

€400 - €600

8vo, 352 pp, printers woodcut on title, portrait of author on v°, 222 woodcut emblems and 45 pages of ancient coins, no binding

The first edition of Zsamboky's (or Sambucus, 1531-1584) Emblemata was published in 1564. Among the emblems depicted are one showing a game of tennis and one a bookstore, possibly Zsamboky's own library which was to become the foundation of the Austrian National Library.
Ref. Hoe Catalogue III, 2822. Reulens 266 n° 20. LW 716. Voet 2174b

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