De rerum vsu et abusu
By: auctore Bernardo Furmero Phrysio quis sit opu[s] finis vel earum quis sit abusus ostendo, rerum quis bene viuat inops.
Contributors: Wierix, Jan, 16th cent.; Plantin, Christophe, ca. 1520-1589, printer.; Plantijnsche Drukkerij,
Publisher: Ex officina Christophori Plantini architypographi Regii
Published: 1575
Place of publication: Antuerpiae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 56
Subjects: Wealth -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Early works to 1800.; Emblem books, Belgian -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: De rerum usu et abusu
Notes: Allegorical Latin poems on the use and abuse of wealth.
Signatures:  A-G⁴.
Second half of the title within an ornamental border.
Engraved title vignette and 25 copperplates by Jan Wierix. Cf. Brunet.
Wierix's monogram appears on plate 2.
Christophe Plantin printed the text and Philip Galle printed the engravings.  Five hundred copies were printed, half for Plantin and half for Galle.
LC copy lacks final blank leaf. Leaf B2 repaired with no loss of text.
Brunet II, 1426-1427
Bib. Belgica ser. 1, X, F15
Hoe, R.  Auction cat. IV, 1306