CARTARI, Vincent

"4to, [4], 221, [34] pp, with engraved frontisp. by Melchior Haffner and 88 engraved plates (sirens, mermaids and other mythological creatures). Old stamp on title page, marginal wormholes in the first lvs. Ref. VD17 12:652145Q ; Caillet 2020 ; Praz p. 298: Some catalogues of emblems describe as an emblem-book Cartari's ""Imagini dei Dei deglli Antichi"", this work is not an emblem-book, it may be loosely described as an iconology. Bound with: L.G. GIRALDI. De Sepultura ac vario sepeliendi ritu libellus. Helmstedt, Müller, 1676. [8], 426 (recte 424), [56] pp, study on funeral-rituals. + J.J. MADER. De Corornis, nuptiarum praesertim, sacris et profanis, libellus. Helmstedt, Müller, 1662. [8], 72 pp, with woodcut title vignette. About the wedding-ceremonies in the classic world. Contemporary vellum binding, top end of spine repaired"