Printer's name appears above place of publication and date on title page. Signatures: *-2*́ı A-2Éı 2F́þ Forty-six full-page emblematic woodcuts (numbered 0-45) after the copper engravings by Boetius a Bolswert which appeared in the 1624 edition. Woodcut illustrated title page and coat of arms of Urban VIII. Includes: initials ; tailpieces ; side notes ; and watermark (signature *3.6 and A1,4) "First edition with the woodcuts by Chrisopher van Sichem the Younger (approximately1582-1658), copied from the Boetius a Bolswert engravings that appeared in the first Antwerp edition of 1624."--Bookseller's advertisement. Each of the three books has an illustrated half-title. Library's copy has early booksellers description written in French pasted on front endpaper.
Contents:
Liber tertius. Suspiria animae amantis. Liber secundus. Desideria animae sanctae -- Liber tertius. Suspiria animae amantis.
Indexed by:
Landwehr, J. Emblem books in the Low Countries, 239. Backer-Sommervogel, IV, column 513, no. 6. Corpus librorum emblematum. Jesuit series, J.631. Praz, M. Studies in 17th cent. imagery (2nd ed.), p. 377. Emblem books at the Univ. of Illinois, H56.
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