78/2638 [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. sprinkled calf w. gilt double fillet line around borders and gilt spine, 4to.

- Occas. sl. foxed; first free endpaper loosening. Spine-ends and corners restored.

= LARGE PAPER copy. 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.