Smids, Lud. EMBLEMATA HEROICA, OF DE MEDALISCHE SINNEBEELDEN DER SES EN DERTIGH GRAAVEN VAN HOLLAND... Leyden: Dirk Haak, 1714. 8vo, contemporary full vellum; hand-lettered spine. (12), 72, (8) pages; finely engraved medallic frontispiece signed I. Schynvoet; engraved title vignette; 36 plates of medals. Vellum browned, but intact; binding sound. Occasional minor discoloration; still near fine. An important early work on the symbology of medals, examining 36 medals featuring Dutch nobility. The plates are very attractive. Very scarce. Dekesel S389. Hirsch 121. Lipsius 373. Neither Hirsch nor Lipsius give a publication date, suggesting that neither one had seen a copy. Ex ANA President Nelson T. Thorson, with his bookplate; ex Kolbe & Fanning Sale 151, lot 326.