| Description |
[96] p. ; 16 cm. (8vo) |
| Note |
Translated by Jean Lefèvre. |
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"Auec priuilege." |
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Signatures: a-f⁸. |
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Large printer's device on t.p., and initials (woodcuts); device features figure, referred to as Icarus (perhaps rather Daedalus), of a winged and bearded man with left hand pointing up and the right down, and includes motto "Ne hault, ne bas, médiocrement." Cf. Drysdall, D.L. Early use of devices (In Renaissance quarterly, 38 (1985), p. 473-487), p. 475. |
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Originally published with the French translation: Wechel: Paris, 1536; this is an unillustrated pirated ed. from Wechel's 1540 ed. |
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Probably published in late 1540 -- Adams, Rawles and Saunders, p. 21. |
| Indexed In: |
Adams, Rawles and Saunders. French emblem books, F.010 |
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Green, H. Andrea Alciati and his books of emblems, 15 |
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USTC, 55890 |
| Note |
French, with Latin in italics. |
| Provenance |
Yates, Thompson and Bright. Lot 42 in sale of.
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Yates, Samuel Ashton Thompson, 1842-1903. Bookplate.
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Christie, Manson & Woods. Acquired via.
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| Place & Date |
Lyon 1540?
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| Printer/Binder |
Harsy, Denis de, active 16th century.
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| Copy specific |
Provenance: Adam ? (16th century): heavily washed out inscription and underlining in red ink on [f2] ; acquired by unknown member of Bright, Thompson and Yates families at some point from 1800s to 1940s - exact provenance unknown ; erroneous 19th/20th century bibliographical note on blue paper loosely inserted between [a1v] and a2r ; Samuel Ashton Thompson Yates (1842-1903): bookplate on front pastedown ; University of Glasgow: lot 42 in "Yates, Thompson and Bright: a family of bibliophiles Wednesday 16 July 2014" (London: Christie's, 2014). |
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Annotations: various booksellers' marks? and possible price codes on front pastedown, "G4", front free endpaper verso, "G1 344", "Emblem Alciat 10/6 scarce 15-" and "292/a/-" and rear free endpaper, "80 [?] May [?] 72" and "col. AD/BQ". |
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Binding: 19th century cream buckram; gilt spine decoration; red morocco spine label; marbled endpapers. |
| Library Class |
Sp Coll S.M. Add. 465
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| Subject |
Emblems -- Early works to 1800.
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Emblem Books, French.
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| Other Author |
Lefèvre, Jean, 1493-1565, translator.
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Harsy, Denis de, active 16th century, printer.
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