[Rarebooks] FS: 1635 Emblem Book with Rubens' engraved title

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(EMBLEM BOOKS) Haeften, Benedictus van. REGIA VIA CRUCIS. Antwerp: 
Plantiniana-Balthasaris Moreti. 1635. 8vo. xl,404,(26)pp. Engraved title page, after 
Peter Paul Rubens and 38 fine full page copper engraved plates executed by 
Cornelius Galle, each with engraved text. Cont. vellum, a bit soiled, spine with 
cont. hand lettering. Old library rubber stamp on half-title, lower title page 
and 2 text pages. Some minor soiling.     $1,250.00 (trade discount allowed)
First edition of this finely illustrated emblem book. For a discussion of the 
Rubens engraved title see Judson and Van de Velde, BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS AND 
TITLE PAGES [BY RUBENS], Volume 1 #71. Praz p. 361-362.

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