BOOK OF EMBLEMS. NUMISMATICS. XVIth. HULSIUS (Levinus). Embl - Lot 107

BOOK OF EMBLEMS. NUMISMATICS. XVIth. HULSIUS (Levinus). Emblemata anniversaria Academiae Altorfinae : studiorvm juventutis exercitandorum causa proposita et variorum orationibus exposita. Norimbergae (Nuremberg), Exc. C. Lochnerus, 1597. In-4, [6]-153-[3] ff. with black etchings, fine margins, grotesque caps. Modest contemporary boards, antique stitching. First edition of this book of emblems devoted to the medals used as prizes in 1582-1597, with the Latin orations delivered by the recipients. It opens with a handsome engraved framed title and the text is decorated with 64 copperplate vignettes by H. Sibmacher; an index appears at the end of the work. USTC 649890; Landwehr 18.Bound, spine uncovered, bottom board flyleaf; holes on title, stray russets, stray marginal blemishes including occasional light spotting.