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<dl><dd>Place and date from Praz, who notes that "the work is an iconology, not an emblem-book proper."</dd>
<dd>"Pars prior."</dd>
<dd>Engraved t.p. signed "Bassanus f." for Cesare Bassano; see Frontespizi incisi nel libro italiano del seicento, p. 64. Sixteen engravings of allegorical figures; they are printed on 3rd p. of bifolia with letterpress epithets on the 1st p., the bifolia not included in paging or signing. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials</dd>
<dd>Signatures: + A-Q R chi²</dd>
<dd>Includes errata</dd>
<dd>Praz, M. Studies in 17th-cent. imagery (2nd ed.)</dd>
<dd>Binding: heavy gray paper. Written on bottom of text block: Biblioteca Alexandrina</dd>
<dd>Signatures of: Caroli Pacciani Alexandrini</dd>
<dd>[8], 140 [i.e. 172], [4] pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : 23 cm (4to)</dd>
<dd>Signatures: +⁴ A-Q⁴ R⁶ chi²</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Allegories; Allegories -- Early works to 1800</div>
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Giarda, Cristoforo, 1595-1649</div>
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