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(1574). ALCIAT (André). EMBLEMES D'ALCIAT, EN LATIN ET FRANÇOIS VERS POUR VERS. Augmentez de plusieurs Emblemes en latin dudict autheur, traduictz nouvellement en françoys. ordonnez par lieux communs, avec briesves expositions, & enrichis de plusieurs figures non encores imprimées par cy devant. Avec la table d'iceux mise à la fin. Paris, de l'imprimerie de Hierosme de Marnef, et Guillaume Cavellat, 1574. In-16, 332-[12] pages, brown calf, gilt fillets, ornate ribbed spine (period binding). A famous collection of illustrated quatrains, extraordinarily popular in the 16th century, from which the artists of the day drew allegorical interpretations of symbols. This is the first edition of French commentaries by Claude Mignault, known as Minos, on the emblems of André Alciat, the famous Milanese jurisconsult. A final blank leaf bears the mark of Sébastien Gryphe? This Paris edition is illustrated with 195 PRETTY FIGURES BY PETIT BERNARD, followed by 14 other plates depicting trees: oak, willow, laurel, cypress, etc. One hinge cracked, small loss at top of f. 245, stains and small rings. (USTC 6231, 10 copies) (Duplessis no. 39).
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(1574). ALCIAT (André). EMBLEMES D'ALCIAT, EN LATIN ET FRANÇOIS VERS POUR VERS. Augmentez de plusieurs Emblemes en latin dudict autheur, traduictz nouvellement en françoys. ordonnez par lieux communs, avec briesves expositions, & enrichis de plusieurs figures non encores imprimées par cy devant. Avec la table d'iceux mise à la fin. Paris, de l'imprimerie de Hierosme de Marnef, et Guillaume Cavellat, 1574. In-16, 332-[12] pages, brown calf, gilt fillets, ornate ribbed spine (period binding). A famous collection of illustrated quatrains, extraordinarily popular in the 16th century, from which the artists of the day drew allegorical interpretations of symbols. This is the first edition of French commentaries by Claude Mignault, known as Minos, on the emblems of André Alciat, the famous Milanese jurisconsult. A final blank leaf bears the mark of Sébastien Gryphe? This Paris edition is illustrated with 195 PRETTY FIGURES BY PETIT BERNARD, followed by 14 other plates depicting trees: oak, willow, laurel, cypress, etc. One hinge cracked, small loss at top of f. 245, stains and small rings. (USTC 6231, 10 copies) (Duplessis no. 39).
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