[Jacob Cats. Emblemata] Silenus Alcibiadis, sive Proteus

Vitae humanae ideam, Emblemate trifariam variato, oculis subijciens [Jacob Cats]. [3 volumes]. Middelburg. Johannes Hellenus [= Hans vander Hellen]. 1618 + Maechden-Plicht. Idem. 1618. + Self-Stryt. Idem. 1620. [5 parts in one volume].

4to, overlapping vellum, 5x title with printer's mark, 4x illustrated subtitle and 1x illustrated frontispiece, (34),120,111,107,(5); (14),92,(19) and (1),(28),119 pp. Complete with 51 + 44 copperplates, round, with Latin inscription + 4 half-page copperplates and folding print: "Kinderspel gheduydet tot Sinnebeelden ende Leere der Seden". Binding stained and with minor damage, various pp. with light browning. Early Cats edition. Scarce.