75/2806 [Emblemata]. (La Court, P. de). Sinryke fabulen, Verklaart en Toegepast Tot alderley Zeede-lessen. Dienstig om waargenoomen te werden in het Menschelijke en Burgerlijke leeven. Amst., H. Sweerts, 1685, (18),727p., engr. frontisp. and 100 emblems by J. GOLE, contemp. calf w. gilt spine, 4to.

- Old owner's entry on upper pastedown; cat. clipping mounted on first free endpaper; occas. sl. foxed; brown stains on pastedowns. Binding sl. rubbed along extremities; joints starting to split.

= Bodemann 82.1; Landwehr 433; Praz p.392; Wildenberg 1131. Van de Klashorst 310: "Collection of fables, each of which is interpreted, usually in a political, republican sense. The author warns continuously against the dangers of monarchy. He also expounds a Cartesian psychology". The Children's World of Learning 3094: "The book represents a perfect example of the coexistence and cross-fertilisation of fable and emblem books, which took place in The Netherlands in the late 17th century." First and only edition. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXII.