78/2643 [Emblemata]. Poot, H.K. Het groot natuur- en zedekundigh werelttoneel of woordenboek Van meer dan 1200 aeloude Egiptische, Grieksche en Romeinsche zinnebeelden of beeldenspraek; (...) uit de oirsprongklyke Schriften van Cezar Ripa, Zaratino Kastellini, Piërius Valerianus, Horus Apollo (...) getrokken (...). Delft, R. Boitet, 1743 (vol.1 and 2)/ 1750 (vol.3), 3 vols., (28),571; 678; (2),752,(61 index)p., engr. frontisp., title-vignette, dedic. plate, 351 textills. consisting of circular emblematical engrs. each flanked by different rectangular ornamental borders, engr. by F. OTTENS and J.C. PHILIPS, contemp. unif. hroan, folio.

- A few quires (water)stained in blank margins (mostly in vol.2). Lacks letterpieces; paper over boards worn/ dam./ chafed.

= With the rare 3rd volume containing a thematic ordering of emblems; vol. 1 and 2 are ordered alphabetically. Extensive emblematic Dutch dictionary, comprising all fields of human knowledge and activity. Landwehr 681; Praz p.461/462.