Annotation | Title and 38 circular copperplate emblems by Crispyn de Passe the Elder. See Landwehr. Entirely engraved. The "M" and "D" in the date of publication are in apostrophic characters. Printed on rectos only. Praz, M. Studies in seventeenth-century imagery (2d ed.), Landwehr, J. Emblem and fable books printed in the Low Countries, 1542-1813 (3rd ed.), McGeary & Nash. Emblem books at the University of Illinois, page 322 181 E1 Plates 1-38 have mottos in Latin and Dutch; plates 39-40, "horloge de l'amour," in French; plate 41, containing 7 emblems, in French and Latin. | Translate
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