Lot Essay
First printed in 1531. Alciatus started a fashion for emblem books which lasted for two centuries. More than fifty editions of his own book were produced.
Emblem Books
Alciatus (Andreas): Emblemata Denvo, Lyon, [excudebat Mathias Bonhomme] apud Gulielmum Rovill., 1566, 8vo, woodcut title design, 211 woodcut emblems by Pierre Eskrich within individual woodcut borders (fingersoiling and staining of title and preliminaries, F1 repaired at lower margin), later vellum with yapp edges. [Green, Andrea Alciati and His Book of Emblems, 75; Baudrier IX, 307; Landwehr 70]
Details
Alciatus (Andreas): Emblemata Denvo, Lyon, [excudebat Mathias Bonhomme] apud Gulielmum Rovill., 1566, 8vo, woodcut title design, 211 woodcut emblems by Pierre Eskrich within individual woodcut borders (fingersoiling and staining of title and preliminaries, F1 repaired at lower margin), later vellum with yapp edges. [Green, Andrea Alciati and His Book of Emblems, 75; Baudrier IX, 307; Landwehr 70]