Hadriani Ivnii medici Emblemata
Subtitle: eivsdem Aenigmatvm libellus
Contributors: Kampen, Geeraard Jansen van, active 1564-1589; Nicolai, Arnaud; Ballain, Geoffroy, 16th cent; Huys, Pieter, 1519-1581?
Publisher: Ex officina Christophori Plantini
Published: 1565
Place of publication: Antverpiae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 149
Subjects: Emblems; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Hadriani Iunii medici Emblemata; Hadriani Ivnii medici Emblemata, ad D. Arnoldvm Cobelivm :
Work titles: Emblemata
Notes: 1st ed.; see Voet, Landwehr.

"Excvdebat Christophorvs Plantinvs Antverpiae, anno M.D.LXV. Idibvs Maii"--Colophon.

The Aenigmatum libellus has special t.p.

Reading from top to bottom, the single page devoted to each of the 58 emblems consists of a brief statement of the topic, in some cases a dedication to a prominent person, the woodcut ill., and a four-line explanation in verse. Additional explanation in prose for each emblem follows on p. 65-149.

Plantin's compasses device appears on both t.p.'s. Blocks for the ill. were mostly cut by Gerard Janssen van Kampen, with a few by Arnaud Nicolai. The ill. for emblems X and XIX have the letter G for Gerard. Geoffroy Ballain provided 52 of the drawings, Pieter Huys the remainder; see Voet. The pages of the 1st title and the t.p. of the 2nd have borders of typographical fleurons. Two decorated initials.

From an ed. of 1250; see Voet.

Signatures: A-I⁸ K⁴ *⁸.

List of authors cited, p. [150-151].

Voet, L.  Plantin press, 1476, 1477

Landwehr, J.  Emblem and fable books printed in the low countries, 398