[Emblemata] Bolland, J., a.o. Imago primi saeculi Societatis Iesu

a Provincia Flandro-Belgica eiusdem Societatis repraesentata. Antwerp, Plantin-Moreti, 1640. (8),952,(22) p. 1st ed. Fine engr. title-p. by Filips Fruytiers, engr. by Cornelis Galle, 126 engr. figurative and allegorical emblems, incl. 3 featuring hemispherical world maps and one with the famous Leo Belgicus, all also engr. by Galle, and a large woodcut Plantin printer's device verso of the final leaf. Cont. vellum (stains, sl. worn) w. manuscript title on spine. Folio.

Ex libris upper pastedown, a few former owners' signatures on upper pastedown, htitle and title (in margin). Some of the last p. waterst., otherwise a clean copy. One of the typographic masterpieces of the Plantin Press and an impressive account of the missionary activities of the Jesuits throughout the world during their first century, this book is essentially a work of Jesuit propaganda.