Lot Essay
The set of cuts were commissioned by Bonhomme and Rouillé for their first edition of 1548 and was based on Bernard Salomon's set of 1547, produced for Jean de Tournes.
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ALCIATI, Andrea. Emblems ... de nouveau translatez en Francois vers pour vers iouxte les Latins, translated by B. Aneau, Lyons: macé Bonhomme for G. Rouillé, 1549, 8°, title within elaborate architectural border, 165 illustrations (including 7 repeats), with the exception of the privilege and the table each leaf with four-part woodcut border (light old dampstaining to first few leaves), modern orange morocco, spine lettered in gilt, t.e.g. [Brunet I, 149]