Alciatus, Andreas; Andreae Alciati; Claudius Minois

Emblemata. Elucidata doctissmis Claudij Minois commentarijs. Original edition. [Emblem Book].

Lyon: Haeredes G. Rouillus, 1614. 8vo. Violet blue morocco binding with richly decorated back and gilt stamping. With marbled case 22 (2 blank), 16, 816, [24] pp,title vignette (with old owner's mark on title page,) with 197 emblematic woodcuts and 14 woodcuts of trees. Binding signed L. Claessens. Laurent Claessens (1828-1909)
Reliure signée Laurent Claessens (père du fondateur de l'école de reliure d'art à Bruxelles)

This edition not in OCLC.

In-8°, 22 (2 blanco), 16, 816, [24] pp, titelvignet (met oud eigendomsmerk op titelpag.) met 197 emblematische houtsneden en 14 houtsneden met bomen. Violet blauwe maroquinband met rijk versierde rug en vergulde sneden. Met gemarmerde etui
A late edition of the first and most popular emblem book. Landwehr records close to 80 editions published in France from 1534 to 1616, of which nearly two dozen from the Rouillé press. Most of the woodcuts are from the set by Pierre Eskrich (= Pierre Vase), commissioned by Guillaume Rouillé in 1548 in imitation of the series designed by Bernard Salomon for Jean de Tournes. Landwehr Romanic, 94. Item #51-3443

Price: $1,250.00