ALCIATUS ( Alciati ) Andreas - Claudius MINOS : — Omnia Emblemata, (ed. et comm. Claudius Minos).

" Antverpiae, (Antwerpen), ex Officina Christophori Plantini, 1574, in-16°, 11,5 x 7,2 cm, title with woodcut printer's mark + 559 pp + (1) with 169 small emblematical woodcuts in the text . Later (19th century) mottled calf, edges painted red, raised gilt back with red title label, manuscript ex-libris on title page; ''Coll. Soc. Iesu Antverp. 1619'', modern stamp on verso of title. Title page a bit thumbed but in all a nice copyin a well preserved 19th century binding resembling 17th century binding. LACKS unfortunately the non numbered pages (560-592) which is an index to this work. (Voet n°26) This is the first edition of Alciatus's emblems with the commentary by Claudius Minos. This copy has the changed title-page (1574 instead of 1573). Praz p. 251. Landwehr, n°11."