Fredro, Andrzej Maksymilian. Scriptorum seu togae & belli notationum fragmenta. Accesserunt peristromata regum symbolis expressa.

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First editions. Bound first is a rare book of emblems showing "symbolic tapestries": "20 numbered 'peristromata' each with a motto, as of page 308; they are within baroque borders, very likely after emblems in Saavedra's book" (Landwehr). Fredro (c. 1620-79) was a Polish historian and palatine of Podolia (cf. Jöcher II, 735). "His works [...] are full of interesting details both on war and politics; while the vigour and conciseness of his style have procured for him the name of the 'Polish Tacitus'" (Enc. Britannica, 8th ed.).

Occasional browning and slight waterstains; binding rubbed with insignificant worming. Old handwritten ownership at beginning of preface.