Ortelius, Abraham

ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM (1527-1598). Deorum dearumque capita ex vetustis numismatibus in gratiam antiquitatis studiosorum effigiata et edita. Antwerp: Joannes Baptista Vrints (Robert Bruneau), 1612, engraved title-page with typeset imprint, full-page engraved illustrations -- LUBBAEUS BROECMERIUS, RICHARD (1580/85-1651). Emblemata moralia, et oeconomica, de rerum usu et abusu. Arnhem: Joannes Jansonius, for Dirck Pietersz, 1609, engraved illustrations by Jan Wiericx, with final blank leaf -- 2 works in one volume, 4to (191 x 145mm.), old vellum with new endleaves and ties, lettered in manuscript on spine, a few deckle edges, a few early manuscript annotations, old flyleaves loose at front (small stain on verso of first title-page)

"For the library at Newby - from RDW - 1777 Madrid", manuscript note on loose flyleaf (presumably one of the Weddells of Newby Hall, Yorkshire)

2nd work: Landwehr, Emblem Books in the Low Countries 462

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Lubbaeus's book was based on Dirk Coornhert's Dutch translation and expansion of Bernard Furmer's book on the abuse of riches, "De usu et abusu" (Antwerp, 1575). The fine engravings by Wiericx appeared in these earlier editions.

For the first edition of Ortelius, see lot 68.