A Catalogue of Books of Emblems in the Library of Robert Hoe

by Robert Hoe, Carolyn Shipman, compiler

$375 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

One of 100 printed. 133 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown morocco and marbled boards, t.e.g. Rebacked with new spine. Some paper flaws to marbled endsheets. Very good. Book label of Robert Hoe. Item #376840 A “tentative” but pioneering catalogue of books of emblems, drawing upon a manuscript in Hoe’s collection by Henry Green, author of Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers.

• Binding: Leather

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