[Rarebooks] FS: 1709 Emblem Book in fine Monastery Binding

[charles agvent]

Another fine emblem book from our list of New Arrivals:
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           1. [EMBLEM    BOOK]  KAUFFMANN,   Joannes.   IDEA   HOMINIS
          CHRSTIANO[sic]-POLITICI  XXX.  SYMBOLIS PRO OMNIGENO  HOMINUM
          STATU EXPRESSA  CUM  FIGURIS  AENEIS.   Ulm:  Joanis  Conradi
          Wohleer   1709.  First  Edition.   Duodecimo  (3"  x  5-1/8")
          beautifully  bound  in contemporary full calf with  elaborate
          gilt stamping  on  both  covers and spine,  all  edges  gilt.
          Bound at  the  Ettaler  Benedictine   monastery  library  for
          Abbott  Placidus  (1709-1726)  during   the  height  of  that
          particular  monastery's binding period. The center lozenge on
          the front  cover depicts Mary and the Christ child surrounded
          by the  text  "Fundatrix Monastery Ettalensis"; on  the  rear
          cover is  an  image  of two cherubs with the  text  "Placidus
          Abbas Ettalensis."  Both covers elaborately decorated  with a
          gilt floral  pattern  as is the spine. [18], 198, [2]  pages.
          Title-page in red and black. Illustrated with a frontispiece,
          a dedicatory    coat-of-arms   plate,    and   30   full-page
          emblematic  plates,  many featuring animals in various  acts.
          OCLC locates  only  two copies of this book. Near Fine in  an
          attractive Benedictine monastery binding.            $1500.00

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