[Rarebooks] FS: Late edition of a popular 17th c. emblem book. Antwerp: 1740

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(EMBLEM BOOKS) Hugo, Hermannus. PIA DESIDERIA, Tribus Libris Comprehensa... 
Antwerp: Joannem Baptistam Verdussen. 1740. 12mo. (16),416pp. Copper engraved 
frontispiece and 45 copper engraved emblematic plates. Old calf, rebacked. The 
date in the imprint has been partially defaced to make the date appear to be 
1640.     $350.00 (trade discount allowed)
A late edition of a very popular 17th century emblem book (the first is 
1624). See Praz p.376-379.

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