LEENHEER (Jan de).
Virgo Maria mystica sub solis imagine emblematicè expressa. S.l.n.n., 1681. Small in-4, half blond basane, double gilt fillet, spine ornamented, spotted edges (19th century binding). Unique edition of this rare book of Marian emblems, illustrated with a title-frontispiece, a plate with the arms of Diego-Ferdinand de Villegas and 26 full-page emblematic figures engraved in intaglio by Gaspar Bouttats.
The text is in Latin and Dutch. On the title, the words Virgo and Maria are arranged in the form of a cross.
From the library of Jules Chamonin, of Dunkirk, with bookplate.
Hinges a little rubbed, light wetness on a few leaves.
Praz, 399 - Landwehr, Dutch, n°133.
