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DE BRY, Johann Theodor (1561-1623). Emblemata nobilitati et vulgo scitu digna. Frankfurt: Dietrich de Bry, 1593.
4° (190 x 142mm). Engraved title by T. de Bry, 55 only (of 90) engraved plates within engraved borders (17 surrounding emblematic engravings, 36 with armorial the shield left blank and 2 left blank), large woodcut initial and other smaller, woodcut head-piece. (Occasional light soiling.) Red morocco by Riviere, panels elaborately decorated in gilt, gilt spine, turn-ins and edges. (Spine lightly faded, few small scuff marks). Provenance: S.A. Thompson Yates (booklabel).
Second edition of the de Brys' first emblem book, in which the emblems are used as ornaments for Alba amicorum. First published in 1592 and reprinted in 1593, only a handful copies of the first edition are known. The contents of recorded copies of the present edition seems to vary in the number of plates: according to Praz two have 94 plates (copies in Bonn and Stuttgart), all others contain a varying number of plates: Thompson Yates 55 and Huth-Bright 90. Landwehr German, 153; Praz p. 289 (this copy).
4° (190 x 142mm). Engraved title by T. de Bry, 55 only (of 90) engraved plates within engraved borders (17 surrounding emblematic engravings, 36 with armorial the shield left blank and 2 left blank), large woodcut initial and other smaller, woodcut head-piece. (Occasional light soiling.) Red morocco by Riviere, panels elaborately decorated in gilt, gilt spine, turn-ins and edges. (Spine lightly faded, few small scuff marks). Provenance: S.A. Thompson Yates (booklabel).
Second edition of the de Brys' first emblem book, in which the emblems are used as ornaments for Alba amicorum. First published in 1592 and reprinted in 1593, only a handful copies of the first edition are known. The contents of recorded copies of the present edition seems to vary in the number of plates: according to Praz two have 94 plates (copies in Bonn and Stuttgart), all others contain a varying number of plates: Thompson Yates 55 and Huth-Bright 90. Landwehr German, 153; Praz p. 289 (this copy).
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