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Fb.9.13(02)

Author

Title

Picta poesis. Ab authore denuò recognita. Ut pictura poesis erit.

Publication, distribution, etc.

Lugduni, : Apud Ludouicum & Carolum Pesnot., M. D. LXIII. [1564]

Physical description

126, [1] p. : ill. ; 16mo.

Note

Colophon, H8, recto: 'Lugduni, Mathias Bonhome Excudebat'.

Note

Verses in Latin and Greek written to accompany pictures most of which were already in Bonhomme's stock.-- cf. pref.

Note

Text signed: B. Anulus.

Note

Title vignette: device of Francis I: dragon with crown, 3.5 x 5.5 cm, with motto: 'Virtuti sic cedit invidia'.

Note

Illustrations: numerous small metal cuts and woodcuts by various artists, attributed by some to Bernard Salomon or Pierre Eskrich. Except for 17 ordered by Aneau (cf. pref.) most of the cuts of the 1552 and subsequent editions had appeared in other works, e. g. Marot's translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, Lyon, Roville, 1550.

Citation/references note

Brunet, IV, 634

Citation/references note

Fairfax Murray, 611

Citation/references note

Brun: Livre illustre en France au XVIe siècle, p. 110-111, 142

Citation/references note

Baudrier, III, 170 and X, 225-226

Citation/references note

Praz, Emblem books, 10

Provenance

Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.

Binding

18th century quarter sheep binding; marbled paper covering boards; resewn and rebacked in 20th century; earlier red morocco spine label with gold tooled letters reattached; four raised bands; pastedowns of c15th century manuscript (writing and music) have also been reinserted.

Copy-specific note

Rear flyleaf bears handwriting exercises from the late 17th or early 18th centuries.

Copy-specific note

Bound with two other items.

Subject

Emblem books, French Early works to 1800.

Subject

Signs and symbols Early works to 1800.

Subject

Allegories Early works to 1800.

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Pesnot, Louis publisher.

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Pesnot, Charles publisher.

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France Lyons

Identifier

B27891
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