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1615. BOOK. (EMBLEMS-NÁJERA). LÓPEZ, DIEGO:. A MASTERFUL EXPOSITION ON THE EMBLEMS OF ANDRÉS ALCIATO, INCLUDING ALL THE STORIES, ANTIQUITIES, MORALITIES, AND DOCTRINES PERTAINING TO GOOD MORALS. Printed in the city of Nájera: by Iuan de Mongaston, at the author’s [Diego López] expense, 1615. Small 4º. 8 pp. + 472 folios [i.e., 469] + 7 pp. (Pagination errors). Illustrated with numerous woodcut and copperplate engravings in the text. Copperplate engraving of the Hurtado de Mendoza coat of arms on the title page. The title page has been restored, with minor marginal reconstruction and lamination; this is a washed copy that features some other well-executed remarginations. Some handwritten corrections and notes by the former owner, who, as indicated on the title page and the last leaf, is Vincencio Juan Lastanosa, the renowned bibliophile from Huesca. Beautifully bound in full leather with gilt wheels and threads on both sides, as well as gilt headbands, raised bands, a decorated spine, and gilt edges on each leaf; presented in an elegant slipcase made of cardboard, watermark paper, and leather trim. Palau 139923. CCPB 34036-7. Heredia 1080. Salvá 2086. Diego López wrote and translated numerous works. Emblem literature (an image accompanied by an explanatory text or one that in some way interprets it) was in full swing at this time and drew inspiration from Andrés Alciato’s first major work in the genre. Furthermore, it is the first work published in Nájera, and to add to the rarity of this copy, it features a handwritten bookplate by V. J. Lastanosa. [More:] ACCOUNT OF THE GRAND CELEBRATIONS AND REJOICINGS HELD IN THE CITY OF HUESCA, ARAGON, UPON THE BLESSED BIRTH OF PRINCE DON PHILIP PROSPER IGNATIUS OF AUSTRIA, OUR LORD. Seville: Iván Gómez de Blas, 1658. Large 8º. 2 folios. Woodcut colophon. Bound in recent half-leather. Ex-libris. Palau 258529. The bifolio reports the happy birth of an heir to Philip IV, the Infante Felipe Próspero; however, the child died before ...