Emblemata
Subtitle: the emblem books of Andrea Alciato : a leaf book
By: Alvan Bregman ; with eight new emblems by Henricus de Nova Villa
Contributors: Nova Villa, Henricus de, 1925-2019; Bixler, Michael; Morris, Henry, 1925-; Bates, Wesley W.; Papierfabrik Zerkall Renker & Söhne; Bird & Bull Press; Campbell-Logan Bindery
Publisher: Bird & Bull Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Newtown, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
Subjects: Emblem books
Other titles: Omnia Andreae Alciati v.c. emblemata
Notes: "One hundred forty copies of this book have been printed [by Henry Morris] at the Bird & Bull Press in February 2007. The illustration used on the title page and elsewhere is derived from Emblem 132. The chapter head illustrations are reduced images of Emblems 1, 3, and 118. The text was composed in Dante types by Michael Bixler and printed on Frankfurt mould-made paper. The book was bound by Campbell Logan Bindery."--Colophon.

The eight new emblems were executed as wood engravings by Wesley Bates.

The original leaves included in each copy of the book are taken from the 1589 Paris ed. of Alciati's Omnia Andreae Alciati v.c. emblemata.

Rare Book copy: No. 120.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-124).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Andrea Alciato : life and works; title: Contexts for the emblem; title: A leaf from Alciati's 1589 edition; title: Alciato's books of emblems; title: Bibliography; title: Eight new emblems by Henricus de Nova Villa.