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Dan. Heinsii Nederduytsche poemata

Heinsius, Daniel, 1580-1655, Schrijver, Pieter, 1576-1660, Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638 · 1618 · Tot Amsterdam : Gedruckt by Willem Ianssen · 74 pictures

Daniel Heinsius's Dutch-language poems and love emblems, assembled by Pieter Schrijver and printed in Amsterdam by Willem Janszoon Blaeu in 1618 for Netherlandish readers of learned vernacular verse. Copperplate emblem plates show Cupid at work in open landscapes, a bacchic procession in an oval frame, and paired small scenes, alongside woodcut initials built from scrolling foliage and bearded grotesque masks; useful for small figural vignettes, oval frames and decorative capitals.

Emblems · Emblem books, Dutch

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