Hymnes des vertus
By: representees au vif par belles & delicates figures
Contributors: Guéroult, Guillaume, -approximately 1570, attributed name; Tournes, Jean de, 1539-1615, printer; Duputel, Pierre, 1775-1851, former owner; Yemeniz, Nicolas, 1775-1871, former owner; Firmin-Didot, Ambroise, 1790-1876, former owner; Stroehlin, Ernest, 1844-1907, former owner; Rahir, Edouard, 1862-1924, former owner; Maus, Edmée, former owner; Trautz, Georges, 1808-1879, binder
Publisher: Par Iean de Tournes
Published: 1605
Place of publication: Geneva]
Language: fre
Number of pages: 116
Other titles: Hymnes des vertvs
Notes: Author of the verses is unknown, although sometimes attributed to Guillaume Guéroult.

Illustrated with twenty allegorical woodcuts by Bernard Salomon, who also illustrated "Hymnes du temps", printed by the elder Jean de Tournes in 1605; cf. Cartier, Brun, Sharratt. The emblems are within arabesque woodcut borders. For a descriptive list of the woodcuts, see Cartier.

Printer's device on title page.

The text is printed in italic, with two lines in civilité type, including one on the title page.

Signatures: A-O⁴ P².

Cartier, A. De Tournes, 721

Sharratt, P. Salomon, 54

Brun, R. Livre illustré en France au 16e siècle, p. 107-108, 237