JUNIUS HADRIANUS Geoffroy BALLAIN (designer of the emblemata) - , Max ROOSES (introduction): — Les Emblèmes d'Hadrianus Junius, réimpression de l'édition plantinienne de 1565 tirée sur les bois originaux, avec préface de Max Rooses.

Antwerpen, Editions du Musée Plantin-Moretus à Anvers, Imprimé par J.E. Buschmann à Anvers. 1901, Format 17,5 x 11,5 cm, 10 + 68 pp, printed in 100 copies all on Van Gelder, this is copy 39/100. Contemporary full calf, raised gilt spine, . All edges gilt. marbled end-papers. (most probably a publisher's binding, reserved for the ''de luxe'' copies ) Re-edition of this emblemata book printed with the original woodblocks, each page with an emblematical engraving in an elaborate typographical border. With an introduction by the first museum curator Max Rooses. Very fine bibliophile publication with the original woodcuts from the museum's holdings. Very attractive copy with tipped in a wood-engraved ex-libris designed by E. Pellens for August van Schevensteen.(an owl)..