TYPOT, JACOB.

Symbola diuina & humana pontificum. 3 vols.

Frankfurt, G. Schönwetter, 1652.

Folio (335 x 203 mm). Three volumes bound in one contemporary full vellum bindings with title in contemporary hand to spine. Binding with some miscolouring and a bit of wear. Title-page with a few dots and light soiling, otherwise a fine and clean copy. 141, (7), (4), 183, (7), 176, (3) pp. 151 engraved plates included in the pagination. Pp. 171-172 in vol. 2 copied in contemporary hand. 

Later edition of Typot’s famous and beautifully illustrated work on emblems. The designs of the emblems were compiled by Ottavio Strada, antiquarian to Emperor Rudolf III, and were reproduced by the engraver Aegidius Sadeler - Typot wrote the Latin commentaries. The extensive work covers a broad array of subjects such as popes, emperors, kings and The Santa Eucharista.

Order-nr.: 60208