Emblemata
Subtitle: et aliquot nummi antiqui operis
By: Ioan. Sambuci Tirnauiensis Pannonii
Contributors: Granges de Surgères, Anatole, marquis de, 1850-1902, former owner; Plantin, Christophe, ca. 1520-1589, printer
Edition: Altera editio, cum emendatione et auctario copioso ipsius auctoris.
Publisher: Ex officina Chr. Plantini
Published: 1566
Place of publication: Antuerpiae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Coins -- Early works to 1800.; Emblems -- Early works to 1800.; Emblem books, Latin -- Belgium -- 16th century.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Emblemata et aliqvot nvmmi antiqvi operis; Epigrammata aliquot Sambuci argumento prioribus non dissimilia; Epigrammata aliqvot Sambvci argvmento prioribvs non dissimilia
Notes: Cum priuilegio -- title page.

In verse.

Caption title on p. 257: "Epigrammata aliquot Sambuci argumento prioribus non dissimilia."

Signatures: A-S.

Woodcuts: 167 emblems in Renaissance borders; 46 coins (p. 241-256); portrait of author on title-leaf verso, with caption: "Sambucus aetatis suae xxxiiii, anno MDLXV."

Title within ornamental woodcut border incorporating printer's device (motto: "Labore et constantia") and nine muses within medallions.

Initials; tail-pieces.

Baldwin 1622: Lacking leaf M8.

Baldwin 1622 bound with: "Hadriani Iunii medici Emblemata ...", Antuerpiae: Christophori Plantini, 1566.

Emblems 59 is imperfect; wants leaves R1-8.

Emblems 59: Armorial bookplate on front paste-down: "Bibliothèque du Marquis de Granges de Surgères".

Emblems 59: Bookplate bearing the initials "C.H.E.R." in the form of a monogram on front paste-down.

Emblems 59: Bound in quarter red morocco over marbled boards.

McGeary & Nash. Emblem books at the University of Illinois, S12

Landwehr, J. Emblem books of the Low Countries, 591

Praz, M. Studies in 17th cent. imagery, p. 486

Voet, L. Plantin Press, 2169