Lot 141
141
ALCIATUS, Andreas (1492-1550). Emblemata. Lyon: M. Bonhomme for Guillaume Rouillé, 1548. 8° (182 x 114mm). Full woodcut border to each page (except 2-leaf table), several with initials PV (probably Pierre Vase = Eskrich), 128 emblematic woodcuts attributed to Eskrich, publisher's device on title. (Erasure at centre of device with minor repair, a few light doodles.) Burgundy crushed morocco gilt by Hardy, supralibros, edges marbled and gilt. Provenance: Louis Masurier (booklabel) -- purchased from Petrier, 1961.
ALCIATUS, Andreas (1492-1550). Emblemata. Lyon: M. Bonhomme for Guillaume Rouillé, 1548. 8° (182 x 114mm). Full woodcut border to each page (except 2-leaf table), several with initials PV (probably Pierre Vase = Eskrich), 128 emblematic woodcuts attributed to Eskrich, publisher's device on title. (Erasure at centre of device with minor repair, a few light doodles.) Burgundy crushed morocco gilt by Hardy, supralibros, edges marbled and gilt. Provenance: Louis Masurier (booklabel) -- purchased from Petrier, 1961.

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ALCIATUS, Andreas (1492-1550). Emblemata. Lyon: M. Bonhomme for Guillaume Rouillé, 1548. 8° (182 x 114mm). Full woodcut border to each page (except 2-leaf table), several with initials PV (probably Pierre Vase = Eskrich), 128 emblematic woodcuts attributed to Eskrich, publisher's device on title. (Erasure at centre of device with minor repair, a few light doodles.) Burgundy crushed morocco gilt by Hardy, supralibros, edges marbled and gilt. Provenance: Louis Masurier (booklabel) -- purchased from Petrier, 1961.

First edition with the emblems arranged by subject, the first with elaborate borders, and the first use of this series of woodcuts, which continued in use in numerous subsequent editions. Adams A-603; Brunet V, 148; Landwehr, Romanic Emblem Books, 37.

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