Original edition of 1609 remarkably illustrated with copper engravings by Jan Wierix
with a title engraved and 25 full-page prints.
From the library of E. Délicourt.
Lubbaeus Broecmerius, Richardus. Emblemata moralia, et oeconomica, de Rerum vsv et abvsv, olim inventa et Belgicis rithmis explicata à Theodoro Cornhertio rerum politicarum suo tempore, inter Belgas peritissimo; nunc vero varijs carminum generibus recens illustrata à Richardo Lubbaeo Broecmerio Frisio, Menander: Makapioσ 0″Σtiσ Ot”Σi’an Kai Not”N E”Xei Xph”Tai Tap’ Ot”Toσ E’iσ A” Δei Tatth, Kλλω”Σ.
Arnhem, At Ioannes Iansonius Bookseller there, at the expense of Theodorus Petrus Bookseller, Amstelrodamiensis, 1609.
In-4 of A-G4, (54) pp., 2 (the last two blank, missing). Folio G2 misprinted G.
Frontispiece and 25 numbered copperplate emblems by J. Wiericx.
Each emblem with a Latin motto, a Bible quotation and a quatrain below, all derived from Furmerus’ book, see nr. 241; on opposite pages Lubbaeus’ Latin version.
Full long grain brown morocco, gold lace framing on covers, ribbed spine, double gold fillet on edges, inner roulettes, gilt edges on marbling. Master’s unsigned binding, around 1840.
200 x 153 mm.
Original edition of the Latin translation of the work by Dirck Coornhert, entitled Recht Ghebruyck ende Misbruyck van tydlycke Have… and published in Leiden in 1585, which was none other than a Dutch version of the De rerum usu et abusu by Bernard Furmer (Antwerp, 1575), a collection of emblematic poems on the abuses of the wealthy.
Landwehr, Low Countries, no. 335; Praz, 308.
Remarkable copper engraving illustration by Jan Wierix, the same that adorned Furmer’s book and was reused in Coornhert’s, containing an engraved title and 25 plates of great inventiveness and true graphic mastery.
While some of them depict feasting scenes, most show characters with purses full of gold.
Sole edition.
Copies: KB (misbound). UBA. BMC. Princeton.
Very fine specimen from the library E. Délicourt.
