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Toonneel des menschelikken levens : Of de vernieuwde gulden winkel ; waer in door poëtische, historische, morale, en schriftuurlikke leeringen, den mensche vertoont werdt, hoedanigh hy zijn leven, handel, en wandel, zediglik, eerbaarlik en vermakelik fal overbrengen

Vondel, Joost van den, 1587-1679 · 1661 · T'Amsterdam : By Jacobus vanden Bergh, Boeckverkooper in de Gast-huys Molen-steegh, naest de Heere-gracht, in de Amsterdamse Biblioteeck · 76 pictures

A Dutch emblem book, Joost van den Vondel's verse reworking of the Gulden Winckel, printed in Amsterdam by Jacobus vanden Bergh in 1661 for readers seeking moral instruction from classical, biblical and historical exempla. Small letter-keyed copperplate engravings set nude and robed figures against hatched landscapes with walled towns, sacrificial fires, idols on pillars and burning cities.

Emblems · Emblem books, Dutch

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