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PÉREZ DE HERRERA, CRISTÓBAL. Proverbios Morales, y Consejos Christianos . . . y Enigmas Philosoficas, Naturales, y Morales, con sus Comentos. 13 woodcut emblems. [24], 360, [7] pages. 4to, 201x148 mm, contemporary limp vellum with spine title in ink and remnants of thong ties; occasional browning, adhesive discoloration on title from slip with unidentified monogram stamp mounted on verso, M2.3 loose with restoration in outer margin of M2 affecting a few words, blank lower outer corner off 2A1. Armorial bookplate of the Spanish politician and historian Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828-97). Madrid: heirs of Francisco del Hierro, (1733)
Second edition of a 1618 collection of proverbs and riddles with emblematic illustrations. Landwehr 576; Palau 221125 (erroneously giving the date as 1773).
