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HAECHT GOIDTSENHOVEN, Laurens van (1527-1603). Mikrokosmos. Parvus Mundus. Antwerp: Gerard de Jode, 1584. 4to (203 x 139 mm). Engraved title and 74 engraved emblems by G. de Jode. (Lower portion of title–page cut away below engraving, some minor pale spots, lower blank margins of G2 and G3 torn away.) Contemporary vellum gilt (few tiny spots of worming to front joint); morocco folding case. The Latin text first appeared at Antwerp in 1579. Each emblem bears a Latin caption and bible quotation, with a poem in Latin on the opposite page. The book is based on the theme “Cognoy toy mesme”: the illustrations, mottoes and poems are elaborations on this subject, and the examples are mostly derived from classical mythology and philosophy. This edition is a variant of Landwehr 263 with a new type face for the text and a new Dutch poem on the final leaf verso. Landwehr, Low Countries 264; Pettegree & Walsby 14188; see Praz p. 427 (Arnhem edition).