HOOGHE, Romeyn de: — Hieroglyphica, oder Denkbilder der alten Všlker, namentlich der Aegyptier, ChaldŠer, Phšnizier, Juden, Griechen, Ršmer, u.s.w. †bersehen und besorgt von Arnold Heinrich Westerhovius, ... Ÿbersetzt und mit einer Vorrede des Herrn D. Siegmund Jacob Baumgarten.
Amsterdam, bey Arkstee und Merkus, 1744, in-4¡, 1 Frontispiz-Portrait (Romeyn de Hooghe) + gestochener Titel + 16 Blatt (= XXXII S. einschlie§lich Schmutztitel - Drucktitel mit Titelvignette und 1 Wappenkupfer) + 396 S. mit 1 Textkupfer + 13 Bl. (von 14, ohne das oft fehlende letzte Blatt mit den Anweisungen an den Buchbinder) und 63 Kupfertafeln, TextblŠtter gebrŠunt, gest. Ex Libris ãSperandoÒ, Pergamentband d. Zeit mir 2 intakten Schliessen, Rotschnitt / Full vellum-binding with 2 intact clasps, red edges, fine copy. Erste deutsche Ausgabe. Mit den Illustrationen des hollŠndischen Originals. Gute, scharfe Abdrucke der emblematischen Kupfer der berŸhmten niederlŠndischen Kupferstecher Romein de Hooghe. ÒArtiste trs original, plein de verve, Romein de Hooghe fut surtout remarquable comme graveur.Ó (BŽnŽzit V/610). First German edition, with the illustrations of the Dutch original edition. 63 clear prints of the emblematic engravings, all compositions by the famous 17th century Dutch artist Romein de Hooghe (1645-1708), a nephew of Pieter de Hooch. ÒThis iconology deals with classical mythology and christian symbolism. The editor Westerhovius, a friend of de Hooghe, gives interesting bibliographical data on the artist in the preface.Ó (Landwehr). Each of the compositions show quite a number of human or mythical persons, animals, objects, situations, etc., some of these with a small printed capital letter referring to the written description of each of them. Plus one full-page engraved portrait of ÔMr. Romein de HoogheÕ, engraved by J. Houbraken after a painting by H. Bos, and one full-page coat-of-arms of ÔJohann Hartewig Ernst Freyherrn von BernstorfÕ. A last leaf with directions for the bookbinder should be found at the end of the volume but has not been bound in (often missing). Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. BŽnŽzit V/610; Vgl. Praz 372 and Landwehr, Dutch Emblem Books 94, 108 foot note and 325; Hollstein IX, n¡ 673f. indicates 69 plates for the German edition, which is wrong.