Engraved allegorical title, letterpress title with engraved device, + 100 engraved emblems. (4to) 7¾x6¼, early vellum over boards, spine lettered in manuscript.
Wonderful, rare emblem book with 100 portraits of the professions arranged in alphabetical order, from Advokaat to Zwaardveeger (Sword-Maker). Each with great detail of the profession's tools and settings, includes portraits of a printer, bookbinder, surgeon, eye-glass maker, doctor, grave-digger, glazier, goldsmith, hat-maker, musical instrument maker, king, soldier, cooper, peasant, musician, bricklayer, watchmaker, papermaker, potter, gunsmith, shipbuilder, painter, teacher, sailmaker, et al. Marvelous compendium of Dutch technology at this period. The plate sizes are approximately 4¾x3¼", leaving wide margins. Landwehr 382.
Condition:
Vellum with tear at front joint, corners bumped, a little soiling, endpapers with some tape, modern bookplate; closed tear to title with short tape repair (and other tape on verso), short marginal tape repair to engraved title; first plate with removed tape in margin and words crossed out in ink, pl.21 with minor marginal chip, closed tear to final plate with some tape repair, mild marginal spotting/toning; overall, extremely good, plates with dark impressions.