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Illustrated by the author after designs by Jan en Caspar Luyken

WEIGEL, Johann Christoph.
Ethica naturalis, seu documenta moralia e variis rerum naturalium proprietatibus virtutum vitiorumque symbolicis imaginibus collecta.

With engraved title, 100 engraved emblems (ca. 10.5 x 12 cm) by Jan and Caspar Luyken, versos blank. Each emblem with letterpress title, motto and a 10-line Latin verse in letterpress.

With engraved title, 100 engraved emblems (ca. 10.5 x 12 cm) by Jan and Caspar Luyken, versos blank. Each emblem with letterpress title, motto and a 10-line Latin verse in letterpress.

With engraved title, 100 engraved emblems (ca. 10.5 x 12 cm) by Jan and Caspar Luyken, versos blank. Each emblem with letterpress title, motto and a 10-line Latin verse in letterpress.

With engraved title, 100 engraved emblems (ca. 10.5 x 12 cm) by Jan and Caspar Luyken, versos blank. Each emblem with letterpress title, motto and a 10-line Latin verse in letterpress.

With engraved title, 100 engraved emblems (ca. 10.5 x 12 cm) by Jan and Caspar Luyken, versos blank. Each emblem with letterpress title, motto and a 10-line Latin verse in letterpress.



Nuremberg, [ca. 1700]. 4to. 19th-century gilt-stamped brown morocco, gilt inner dentelles, gilt edges. With engraved title, 100 engraved emblems (ca. 10.5 x 12 cm) by Jan and Caspar Luyken, versos blank. Each emblem with letterpress title, motto and a 10-line Latin verse in letterpress. [101] ll., including title.

First edition, first issue of a fine educational emblem book based on various aspects of nature and human nature, with the emblems designed by the celebrated Dutch artists Jan and Caspar Luyken, and with Latin verses by the German engraver and publisher Johann Christoph Weigel (1661-1726).

Some occasional spotting/soiling (mainly on title); binding slightly rubbed. Fine copy of the library of Jean Cousin, with his pasted ex libris on recto first endpaper.
Cicognara 1975; V. Eeghen & V.d. Kellen 348 (nos.2462-2561); Klaversma & Hannema 471; Landwehr, German Emblem Books 639; Praz 533.

Related Subjects: Emblem Books  German  Illustrated Books  Shipwrecks 

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