Emblemata Andreae Alciati, I. V. Doctoris Clarissimi Postremo Ac Ultimo Ab ipso authore recognita, imaginibus[que] vivis ac lepidis denue artificiossime illustrata.
by Alciati, Andrea (Andrea Alciato, 8 May 1492 - 12 January 1550)
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued
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About This Item
Francofurti ad Moenum : Impressum Francofurti ad Moenum apud Georgium Coruinum, sumptibus Sigismundi Feyerabendt & Simonis Huteri,, 1567. Title page continues :"Adiecta Svnt Insvper Perelegantia ac docta Epimythia seu affabulationes, in quibus Emblematum amplitudo & quae in ijs dubia vel obscura sunt, perspicue` declarantur." [8], 209, [1] leaves, numerous allegorical illustrations in the text. 6" x 4". Text in Latin. Very Good in possibly later decorative paper covered boards with leather label in gilt, front joint opening yet holding nicely, small rubs at corners, moderate toning throughout, two blank rear end pages with early pencil notations that appear to be in German, pps. 152-53 with right margins trimmed and with early paper repairs not affecting text or emblems. Additionally at verso of pps. 78, 84, and 116 manuscript ink verses in Latin, dated 1600, that appear to be signed Sigfried Schiekh and Johannes Pusaer, and one of which seems to be a quote by Philip Melanchthon. The Frankfurt 1567 edition was printed with many blank versos to allow for the use as an album amicorum. Alciato's work which is recognised as "the first printed emblem book and the most frequently printed (over 100 editions in all, published in Germany, France, the Spanish Netherlands and Italy before the 1620s). This edition one of two produced by Sigismund Feyerabend in the same year of 1567. The bilingual edition including Held's translation (dated 1566 on the title page, but 1567 in the colophon) and this Latin-only edition with short commentaries." (Alciato at Glasgow, Glasgow University website) It is one of the few works influential throughout Europe, in countries both of the Reformation and of the Counter-Reformation. SCARCE, no other copies of this Latin-only edition in current commerce, OCLC appears to show 5 copies held in institutions worldwide. (= Green 77) (Alciato's Emblems and the Album Amicorum: A Brief Note on Examples in London, Moscow, and Oxford by William Barker[December 2002] ). Decorative Paper Covered Board. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (US)
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- Title
- Emblemata Andreae Alciati, I. V. Doctoris Clarissimi Postremo Ac Ultimo Ab ipso authore recognita, imaginibus[que] vivis ac lepidis denue artificiossime illustrata.
- Author
- Alciati, Andrea (Andrea Alciato, 8 May 1492 - 12 January 1550)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Publisher
- Francofurti ad Moenum : Impressum Francofurti ad Moenum apud Georgium Coruinum, sumptibus Sigismundi Feyerabendt & Simonis H
- Date Published
- 1567
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Art;
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