An Enigmatic Binding • ca. 1565

Ex.N7710.J96.copy4.front Ex.N7710.J96.copy4.back

Front: Soli­tudo Acer­bitas Mera — Soli­tude — Bit­ter­ness — Unadul­ter­ated
Back: Dul­cis Comes Tilia — Sweet Com­pan­ion — Lin­den Tree

 

 

Hadri­anus Junius (Adri­aan de Jonge), 1511–1575. Emblemata
Antwrep: Christophor Plan­tin, 1565. (Ex) N7710 .J96 copy 4

See William S. Heck­sher “Heliotropes and Roman­tic Ruins,” Prince­ton Uni­ver­sity Library Chron­i­cle 45:1 (Autumn, 1983), p. 39–40 for discussion.

Inscribed on front free end­pa­per: Me uti­tur Jacobus Reep­makerus.
Me.utitur
The books of Jacob Reep­maker were sold in 1701: Cat­a­lo­gus var­i­o­rum insignium, & raris­si­mo­rum libro­rum … Jacobi Reep­mak­eri … quo­rum auc­tio pub­lica habebitur in offic­ina Joan­nis ab Oost­er­wyk … Ad diem 7 Junii [1701], & diebus sequen­tibus, etc. Ams­ter­dam, 1701.

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