Emblem books - Stengel, Georg. Ova paschalia sacro emblemate inscripta descriptaque. 2 parts in 1 volume. With 1 engraved title vignette and 100 emblematic text engravings. Munich, N. Heinrich, 1634. 16 pp., 320, 2 pp., 321-604 pp., 14 pp. 16 x 10 cm. Contemporary vellum binding with handwritten title on spine and lines of chisel (browned, without ribbon ties). First edition. - Landwehr 553 - Praz 504 - De Backer II, 586, 36 - Without title page to part 1 and without the 3 portrait engravings. - Rare emblem book by the Augsburg Jesuit priest Georg Stengel (1584-1651). The very detailed engraved engravings in egg shape with motifs from the Bible, home and agriculture. Emblema VIII with a map of Northern Europe, Russia and the Mediterranean region. - Some spotting and browning throughout. VAT: *

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