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Duodecim specula Deum aliquando videre desideranti concinnata / auctore P. Ioanne David Societatis Iesu Sacerdote.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Lea Collection M.8.25
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
David, Jan, 1545?-1613.
Contributor:
Moretus, Jan, 1543-1610, printer.
Galle, Théodore, 1571-1633, engraver.
Plantijnsche Drukkerij, printer.
Henry Charles Lea Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
Latin
Subjects (All):
Christian ethics--Catholic authors.
Christian ethics.
Emblems--Early works to 1800.
Emblems.
Conduct of life--Early works to 1900.
Conduct of life.
Christian life--Early works to 1800.
Christian life.
Genre:
Emblem books -- Belgium -- 17th century.
Printers' devices (Printing) -- Belgium -- 17th century.
Penn Provenance:
Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909 (autograph) (bookplate)
Physical Description:
16 unnumbered pages, 184 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 20 cm (8vo)
Other Title:
Dvodecim specvla Devm aliqvando videre desideranti concinnata
Place of Publication:
Antuerpiae : Ex officina Plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum, MDCX [1610]
Notes:
Engraved t.p.; title within architectural border; head- and tail-pieces.
Printer's mark on p. [16] of final sequence.
Includes 12 full page emblematical engravings by Theodore Galle. Cf. Landwehr.
Signatures: *⁸ A-M⁸ N⁴.
Local Notes:
Penn Libraries copy bound with: David, Jan. Typus occasionis. Antuerpiae : Delineabat et incidebat Theodorus Gallaeus, MDCIII [1603] -- Hensbergh, Vincent. Miracula et beneficia SS. Rosario Virginis Matris deuotis a Deo Opt. Max. collata. Antuerpiae : Theodorus Gallaeus excudebat, MDCX [1610] -- Nys, Joannes. Vita et miracula S.P. Dominici Praedicatorii Ordinis primi institutoris. Antuerpiae : Apud Theodoru[m] Gallaeum, MDCXI [1611].
Penn Libraries copy imperfect: engraved title leaf and 12 engraved plates only.
Penn Libraries copy has Henry Charles Lea's bookplate on front pastedown and his autograph (1879) on front free endpaper; ms. notes in pencil on front pastedown and front free endpaper; ms. shelf mark on front free endpaper.
Cited in:
Praz, M. Studies in 17th century imagery, II, p. 46
Landwehr, J. Dutch emblem books, 53
OCLC:
45239615

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