11 - [EMBLEMATA]. BIE, C. de . PERS, D.P. VONDEL, J. van den.

[EMBLEMATA]. BIE, C. de . PERS, D.P. VONDEL, J. van den. [Continuation of 3 series of books of Emblems and Fables]. Antwerp, Amsterdam, 1613–1708. 3 works in one square 8vo volume. 19th-century fawn half-basane, probably Dutch, smooth spine decorated with intertwined gilt metal fittings, orange morocco title label with gilt title, yellow edges (small scuffs on the sides of the spine, lower joint slightly split, minor flaws inside, including some short margins and a few stains; the title page of the BIE is soiled and reinforced along the side and bottom edges, but the interior remains fresh overall). A set of three 17th-century Dutch titles of the utmost rarity. Good copies. Includes the superb and very rare first edition with emblems of Vondel’s *Den gulden winckel*: - VONDEL, Joost van den. ? *Den Gulden Winckel der Konstlievende Nederlanders*: *gestoffeert met veel treffelycke historische, philosophische, poetische morale ende schriftuerlcke leeringen*. Amsterdam, By Dirck Pietersz, (1613). (2) folios, including the beautiful frontispiece title page engraved with figures by Serwout, 78 pp., (2) folios, and 74 full-page allegorical figures, engraved in black on copper by de Jode after van den Broeck. The work illustrates 74 fables in verse by Joost van den Vondel, considered the “Prince of Poets” in the Netherlands (a few figures censored for modesty by blacking out with ink or a stylus; a very small old handwritten number on the title page indicates the number of figures). De Vries, 52. Landwehr, 876. Bound together at the front: - BIE, Cornelis de. Den Spiegel vande verdrayde werelt: te sien in den bedriegelijcken handel, sotte en ongeregelde manieren van het al te broos menschen leven. Antwerp, Johannes Paulus Robyns, 1708. (13) ff., including title page, 306 pp., (4) ff., copperplate engravings in black, including 4 full-page emblems. With its intriguing engraved title page. The Mirror of the Perverted World. - PERS, Dirk Pieterszoon. Bellerophon, or The Desire for Wisdom, containing many moral, edifying, and instructive allegories with their explanations. Amsterdam, Dirk Pietersz., 1614. 31 black copperplate engravings with text below and opposite, (5) pp. Bellerophon, or The Desire for Wisdom. (of 32 emblems listed, from II to XXXII; XXIX erroneously numbered XXXI). BELGIUM. HOLLAND. THE NETHERLANDS.