Shelfmark
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.
Added entry--name
Eskrich, Pierre, ca. 1530 - ca. 1590 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Salomon, Bernard, ca. 1506 - ca. 1561 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Pesnot, Louis publisher.
Added entry--name
Pesnot, Charles publisher.
Added entry--name
Bonhomme, Macé, fl. 1536 - 1569 printer.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--place
France Lyons
Identifier
B27891