Search Results: le theatre moral de la vie by horace gomberville marin

Bruxelles: Francois Feppens, 1678. Bound in 20th century 1/4 tan leather over decorative boards. Handsome re-bind. xi, [5], 211, 16 pages : illustrations ; 37 cm. Title in red and black, large vignette engraved on the title (A. van Diepenbeek), complete portrait (engraved by Paulus Pontius after the drawing by Gertrude Vaenius) and 130 large emblematic figures, intaglio engraved by Otto Vaenius. Complete with the beautiful allegorical plate displ. 'Le Tableau de Cèbes' at the end of the flight. Large wooden initials. Some very minor foxing . . . Overall, a most acceptable copy. Translated: The moral theater of human life, represented in more than one hundred various paintings, taken from the poet Horace. Text in French.. Early Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.