| Description |
[32], 359, [9] p. : port., ill. ; 21 cm. (4to) |
| Note |
In reply to Alonso Nuñez de Castro's 'Seneca impugnado de Seneca'. |
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Signatures: [sec.]-4[sec.]⁴A-2Y⁴, ²[sec.]⁴ (Leaf H1 missigned G1). |
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Twenty-three copperplate vignettes of emblems within Renaissance borders of varying design. Numbers 1-18 and 21 signed by "Orozco Presbyter", the remainder signed by [Diego de] Obregon. |
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Recto of frontispiece (p. [1] at front) and pages [1] and [9] at end are blank. |
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Variant state of titlepage exists, with bookseller statement beneath date on titlepage: "Vendeseem casa de Antonio de la Fuente, Mercader de Libros, enfrente de S. Felipe" |
| Indexed In: |
Palau y Dulcet, 23442 |
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Landwehr, J. French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese emblem books, 135 |
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Praz, M. Studies in 17th cent. imagery (2nd ed.), pp. 264-5 |
| Collection |
Stirling Maxwell. Copy at S.M. 1245. |
| Local Note |
Copy at S.M. Add. 476 has the variant titlepage with the additional bookseller's statement. |
| Provenance |
Discalced Carmelites (Carnide : Lisbon). Bookstamp in copy at S.M. 1245.
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Carnide (Discalced Carmelites). Bookstamp in copy at S.M. 1245.
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Huth, Henry, 1815-1878. Previous owner of copy at S.M. Add. 476.
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Huth, Alfred Henry, 1850-1910. Previous owner of copy at S.M. Add. 476.
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Huth Library. Bookplate in copy at S.M. Add. 476.
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Bright, Allan Heywood, 1862-1941. Bookplate in copy at S.M. Add. 476.
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Yates, Thompson and Bright. Copy at S.M. Add. 476 is lot 173 in sale catalogue of.
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Christie, Manson & Woods. Copy at S.M. Add. 476 acquired via.
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Bedford, Francis, bookbinder, 1799-1883. Bound copy at S.M. Add. 476.
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| Place & Date |
Madrid 1670
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| Printer/Binder |
Espinosa, Mateo, active 1668-70.
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Fuente, Antonio de la, active 1670.
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| Copy specific |
Provenance of copy at S.M. 1245: Carnide, Lisbon, Discalced Carmelites, S. John of the Cross: bookstamp on titlepage, "Livraria d'Carnide"; Sir William Stirling Maxwell, 9th baronet, (1818-1878), art historian and collector: engraved armorial bookplate in blue with mottoes "Gang forward", "Poco a poco" and "I am ready" on front pastedown; his engraved booklabel "Emblems Keir" in red on rear pastedown; Stirling Maxwell's shelfmark in pencil "24G" on rear pastedown, other Stirling Maxwell shelfmark "K.2" in pencil on front pastedown; Stirling Maxwell's source unknown. University of Glasgow: Sir John Stirling Maxwell, 10th baronet, (1866-1956), Sir William's son, bequeathed a portion of the Stirling Maxwell library to the University of Glasgow Library in 1956 (received in 1958). |
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Binding of copy at S.M. 1245: 19th-century brown and black marbled morocco (?); Sir William Stirling Maxwell's armorial stamp with mottoes "Gang forward" and "I am ready" in gilt on front cover and his monogram in gilt "WMS" within a shield containing the same mottoes on rear cover; gold-tooled spine title, place of publication and date; full-gilt edged leaves. |
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Provenance of copy at S.M. Add. 476: Henry Huth (1815-1878), Merchant banker and bibliophile: listed in vol. 1, p. 109 of 'The Huth Library. A catalogue of the printed books...' (London: Ellis and White, 1880); Alfred Henry Huth (1850-1910), bibliophile: gilt bookplate on front pastedown "Ex musaeo Huthii" with text "Animus non res". Sold as lot 460 in 'Catalogue of the Huth collection of printed books and manuscripts. First portion' (London: Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 1910); Allan Heywood Bright (1862-1941): bookplate on front pastedown ; University of Glasgow: lot 173 in "Yates, Thompson and Bright: a family of bibliophiles Wednesday 16 July 2014" (London: Christie's, 2014). |
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Annotations in copy at S.M. Add. 476: 19th century pencil annotation on verso of front free endpaper, "Fine copy beautiful cuts", and on front flyleaf, "Huth sale No 406"; various booksellers' marks? in pencil on front pastedown, "I7 G1", on verso of front free endpaper, corresponding with slip from an unidentified sale catalogue listing this book as lot 312 on sale for £3.3.0. And rear free endpaper, "col. AD/BQ". |
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Binding of copy at S.M. Add. 476: England, 19th-century polished tan calf with double and single gilt fillet border; gilt decoration on spine with title, place of publication and date in gilt on green morocco spine label; double gilt fillet board edges; gilt turn-ins; marbled endpapers, full-gilt edges; front free endpaper stamped at head, "Bound by F. Bedford". |
| Library Class |
Sp Coll S.M. 1245
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Sp Coll S.M. Add. 476
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| Subject |
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
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John, of Austria, 1629-1679 -- Portraits.
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Núñez de Castro, Alonso, 1627- Seneca impugnado de Seneca.
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Emblem books, Spanish.
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| Other Author |
Orozco, Marcos de, active 1654-1707, engraver.
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Obregón, Diego de, active 1674, engraver.
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Villafranca Malagón, Pedro, approximately 1615-1684, engraver.
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| Running Title |
Seneca ilustrado
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