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ALCIATUS, Andreas (1492-1550). Emblematum libri duo. Lyons: Jean de Tournes and Guillaume Gazeau, 1554.
2 parts , 16° (125 x 72mm). Book I with 113 woodcut devices, the 86 emblems in book II without illustrations. (Light soiling and a few creases.) Vellum gilt by Leighton Brewer. Provenance: unidentified ownership inscription on title -- S.A. Thompson Yates (bookplate).
A FINE COPY of this edition by the publishing partnership of de Tournes and Gazeau, not introducing any change to the character of the cuts. Green 54; Landwehr Romanic, 57.
2 parts , 16° (125 x 72mm). Book I with 113 woodcut devices, the 86 emblems in book II without illustrations. (Light soiling and a few creases.) Vellum gilt by Leighton Brewer. Provenance: unidentified ownership inscription on title -- S.A. Thompson Yates (bookplate).
A FINE COPY of this edition by the publishing partnership of de Tournes and Gazeau, not introducing any change to the character of the cuts. Green 54; Landwehr Romanic, 57.
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