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<dl><dd>Printer's name from colophon</dd>
<dd>Verses in Latin and Greek written to accompany pictures most of which were already in Bonhomme's stock.--cf. pref</dd>
<dd>Originally published by Bonhomme in 1552, again in 1556, and 1563, of which this is a re-edition. cf. Landwehr</dd>
<dd>Small metal cuts and woodcuts numbering 105, by various artists, attributed by some to Bernard Salomon or Pierre Eskrich. Ill. on p. 45 repeated on p. 109, that on p. 61 on p. 62. Except for 17 ordered by Aneau (cf. pref). most of the cuts of the 1552 and subsequent editions had appeared in other works, e.g. Marot's translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, Lyon, Roville, 1550. Title-vignette</dd>
<dd>Page 56 misnumbered 66</dd>
<dd>Brunet</dd>
<dd>Murray, C.F. French books</dd>
<dd>Praz, M. Studies in 17th-century imagery</dd>
<dd>Landwehr, J. French, etc. devices and emblems</dd>
<dd>Library's copy 2 with: Symbola heroica M. Claudii Paradini ... et D.Gabrielis Symeonis. Antverpiae : Plantin, 1567. (SPECIAL 88-B26147)</dd>
<dd>126, [1] pages (signatures: A-H⁸) : 12 cm</dd>
<dd>Colophon, H⁸, recto: Lugduni, : Mathias Bonhome // Excudebat</dd>
<dd>Brunet, IV, 634. Fairfax Murray 611. See: Brun: Livre illustre en France au XVIe siècle, p. 110-111, 142. Baudrier, III, 170. See: Baudrier, X, 225-226. Praz: Emblem books, 10</dd>
<dd>Verses in Latin and Greek written to accompany pictures most of which were already in Bonhomme's stock.-- cf. pref</dd>
<dd>Illustrations: numerous small metal cuts and woodcuts by various artists, attributed by some to Bernard Salomon or Pierre Eskrich. Except for 17 ordered by Aneau (cf. pref.) most of the cuts of the 1552 and subsequent editions had appeared in other works, e.g. Marot's translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, Lyon, Roville, 1550</dd>
<dd>Title vignette: device of Francis I</dd>
<dd>Originally published in 1552 by Bonhomme, again in 1556, and 1563, of which this is a re-edition. cf. Landwehr</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Emblems; Emblem books, French; Wood engravings, French</div>
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Aneau, Barthélemy, -1561</div>
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