Picinelli, Filippo. Mundus symbolicus, in emblematum universitate formatus, explicatus, et tam sacris, quam profanis eruditionibus ac sententi is illustratus. Editio in Germania prodiens quarta. 2 parts in 1 volume. 25 Bl., 740 p.; 2 Bl., 268 pp., 103 Bl. (index). Title in red and black. With stung frontispiece, stung title vignette and 34 emblematic text coppers. 36 x 21,5 cm. Leather d. C. (breathing and rubbing, bumping corners, loading capitals) with gold plated RSchild. Cologne, heirs Thomas von Cöllen and Joseph Huisch, 1729. See Landwehr V, 480ff. Praz 456. – Cologne print of the magnificent emblem, first published in Milan in 1653, apparently the last edition. Among the beautiful coppers are views of the Augustinerklöster Heiligkreuz and St. Georg in Augsburg, Diessen am Ammersee, St. Michael in Ulm and Wettenhausen. – A little brown-spotted, otherwise well preserved. Two-column pressure.