1670 Herman Hugo Pia Desideria OT Bible Emblemata Illustrated EMBLEMS Poetry

1670 Herman Hugo Pia Desideria OT Bible Emblemata Illustrated EMBLEMS Poetry

“Pia Desideria…the most popular religious emblem book of the 17^th-century!”

Herman Hugo first published this book in 1624 in Latin. ‘Pia Desideria’ includes sequences of Bible verses, mostly Old Testament, from Job, Song of Solomon, and Psalms. The verses themselves are illustrated with a full-page copper engraving and paired with a poem of Herman Hugo himself. Each of the engravings features a young boy and girl representing the relationship between love and the human soul.

Item number: #892

Price: $550

HUGO, Herman

Pia desideria, authore Hermanno Hugone è Societate Iesv. Editio postrema, Recognita & Emendata. Ad illustrissimum dominum mole.

Parisiis, Apud Ioannem Henault, Bibliopolam Iuratum, viâ Iacobaeâ, ad insigne Angeli-Custodis. M. DC. LXX. [1670].

Details:

• Collation complete with all pages: [22], 190
  • Illustrated with 46 copper engraved plates of Boece and Bolswert
• Binding: Leather; tight & secure
• References: Landwehr 1046; Arber Term Cat.
• Language: French & Latin
• Size: ~4.5in X 2.5in (12cm x 6.5cm)

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