Silenus Alcibiadis, sive, Proteus : vitae humanae ideam, emblemate trifariàm variato, oculis subijciens
Second ed. Pts. 2-3 have added explanatory texts in Latin and Dutch, and lack the additional impressions of the emblematic ill. which occur in the 1st ed. See Landwehr Pts. 2-3 have title: Sileni Alcibiadis sive Proteos pars secunda[-tertia] Each pt. has added engraved t.p. by F. Schillemans after A. van de Venne. The 51 emblematic ill. in pt. 1 are probably by Jan Swelinck; see Landwehr. Pt. 2 has a double-page plate illustrating children's games. Woodcut t.p. vignettes, head- and tail-pieces, initials Landwehr, J. Emblems books in the Low Countries Binding: later vellum, stamped and tooled in blind. Author & title written at head of spine John Landwehr's printed label on front pastedown. Bibliographical notes written on facing endpaper
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