BRUNE, Johannes de (1589-1658). Emblemata of Zinne-werck . Amsterdam: Kloppenburch, 1624.
BRUNE, Johannes de (1589-1658). Emblemata of Zinne-werck . Amsterdam: Kloppenburch, 1624. 4° (220 x 167 mm). Additional engraved title and 51 engravings after Adrian van de Venne in text. (Lacks half-title, some occasional light staining.) Near contemporary Dutch vellum, spine lettered in ink. FIRST EDITION. The fine designs for Brune's emblems are by Adrian van de Venne and engraved by the most talented engravers of the period: Willem van de Passe, Jan Gelle, Christoph Le Blon, Albert Poet, and Jan Swelinck. The engravings depict numerous interiors inhabited by figures in contemporary costume, many showing quaint scenes of daily 17th-century Dutch life. Landwehr, Low Countries 86; Praz, p. 288. [ Bound with :] VENNE, Adriaen Petersz van de (1589-1662). Tafereel van de Belacchende Werelt, en des self geluckige Eeuwe, Goet Rondt, met by-gevoegde Raedel-Spreucken, aengevvesen in de Boer-Achtige Eenvoudigheyt, op de Haegsche Kermis. The Hague: voor den autheur, 1635. 4° (220 x 167 mm). Etched additional title, large woodcut allegorical vignette on letterpress title, 12 half-page etchings by D. van Bremden and P. de Jode after A. van de Venne woodcut head-piece incorporating a view of The Hague. (Engraved title with marginal repair on verso, some occasional some minor staining.) FIRST EDITION of this humorous depiction of 17th-century life in The Hague by the great Dutch painter, Adriaen van de Venne The fine frontispiece and plates were engraved following his drawings by Daniél van Bremden, Pieter de Jode the Younger, Pieter Serwouters and others. Several of the engravings had appeared the previous year in van de Venne's Sinne-droom, also published in The Hague. Van de Venne was one of the most prolific illustrators of Dutch 17th-century emblem books, most notably those composed by Jacob Cats There are two issues of page 1: one spells "krijghen" in line 3 (as here), the other "krijgen." No priority has been established. Hollstein XXXV nos. 438-445.
BRUNE, Johannes de (1589-1658). Emblemata of Zinne-werck . Amsterdam: Kloppenburch, 1624.
BRUNE, Johannes de (1589-1658). Emblemata of Zinne-werck . Amsterdam: Kloppenburch, 1624. 4° (220 x 167 mm). Additional engraved title and 51 engravings after Adrian van de Venne in text. (Lacks half-title, some occasional light staining.) Near contemporary Dutch vellum, spine lettered in ink. FIRST EDITION. The fine designs for Brune's emblems are by Adrian van de Venne and engraved by the most talented engravers of the period: Willem van de Passe, Jan Gelle, Christoph Le Blon, Albert Poet, and Jan Swelinck. The engravings depict numerous interiors inhabited by figures in contemporary costume, many showing quaint scenes of daily 17th-century Dutch life. Landwehr, Low Countries 86; Praz, p. 288. [ Bound with :] VENNE, Adriaen Petersz van de (1589-1662). Tafereel van de Belacchende Werelt, en des self geluckige Eeuwe, Goet Rondt, met by-gevoegde Raedel-Spreucken, aengevvesen in de Boer-Achtige Eenvoudigheyt, op de Haegsche Kermis. The Hague: voor den autheur, 1635. 4° (220 x 167 mm). Etched additional title, large woodcut allegorical vignette on letterpress title, 12 half-page etchings by D. van Bremden and P. de Jode after A. van de Venne woodcut head-piece incorporating a view of The Hague. (Engraved title with marginal repair on verso, some occasional some minor staining.) FIRST EDITION of this humorous depiction of 17th-century life in The Hague by the great Dutch painter, Adriaen van de Venne The fine frontispiece and plates were engraved following his drawings by Daniél van Bremden, Pieter de Jode the Younger, Pieter Serwouters and others. Several of the engravings had appeared the previous year in van de Venne's Sinne-droom, also published in The Hague. Van de Venne was one of the most prolific illustrators of Dutch 17th-century emblem books, most notably those composed by Jacob Cats There are two issues of page 1: one spells "krijghen" in line 3 (as here), the other "krijgen." No priority has been established. Hollstein XXXV nos. 438-445.
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