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[EMBLEM BOOKS] Emblemata Anniversaria Academiae Noribergensis, quae est Altorffii: stvdiorum juventutis exercitandorum caussa i... ... Nuremberg: Abr. Wagenman, 1617. Full tan calf, spine gilt, all edges gilt. 7 5/8 x 6 inches (19.5 x 15 cm); (viii), 540, (xl) pp., with 159 engraved emblems. Light binding wear. The Robert Hoe copy, with his book label; Together with [WORTHINGTON, THOMAS]. Rosarium Sive Psalterium Beatae Virginis Mariae. Cum aliis piis exercitiis... Antwerp: Jan van Keeberghen, 1600. Full red morocco, probably by Lewis. 5 5/8 x 3 inches (14.5 x 7.5 cm); [xxiv], 143 pp., with engraved title, 5 vignettes and 22 superb full-page engravings by Collaert after de Vos. Minor wear. The Robert Hoe copy, with his book label. Important for the history of German Renaissance emblematic iconography and numismatics, the first work is the most complete cumulative edition for the years 1577-1616, and is the first edition for the period 1602-1616. This is one of a series of six works produced by the Academy of Altdorf between 1578 and 1617, and relates to an annual donation of an engraved emblematic silver medal to qualified students. This is Landwehr (German) 19; Praz 243-44. The second work, a rosary with an exquisite series of devotional engravings by Collaert, is one of two variant editions of the same year (the other was issued with a litany). Both are rare. There was also an English edition. It is Netherlandish Books 31835. C The James P. and Joan M. Warburg Collection