GOMBERVILLE, Marin Le Roy de -
La doctrine des moeurs tirée de la philosophie des stoiques : representee en cent tableaux et expliquee en cent discours pour l'instruction de la ieunesse. 2 parts in 1 vol.
Paris,, Pierre Daret,, 1696. [15]-105 ff. First edition of this nicely illustrated moral emblem book by Le Roy de Gomberville (1600-1674). Engr. ills : title-vign., 2 part-titles, a dedicatory vign., 4 headpieces, 4 initials, full-page author's portrait by Pierre Daret (1604-1678), 102 (of 103) nearly full-page emblems after Vaenius' "Emblemata Horatiana" and 2 ill. to indicate the end of a part. Text in French, quotations in Latin. Ref. Landwehr, French, 476. BN Paris. BL London (1). Not in Emblem books Leiden. Vol.: 1 Contemp. Calf (corners bumped), mod. gilt ruled spine on 6 raised bands,(full-page plate showing Cardinal Mazarin, Minerva and Louis XIV and f. 96 lacking, title repaired & reinforced, part-title & p. 41 torn & repaired, lower margins repaired, upper part of f. 33 lacking, text written in the plate of f. 6, spots, dampstaining)., Size: Good copy 1243 g.
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