Les images ou tableavx de platte peinture des deux Philostrates sophistes grecs et les statues de Callistrate
By: mis en francois par Blaise de Vigenere ... ; enrichis d'arguments et annotations reueus et corrigez sur l'original par un docte personnage de ce temps en la langue grecque et representez en taille dovce en cette nouuelle edition ; auec des epigrammes sur chacun d'iceux par Artvs Thomas, sievr d'Embry ..
Contributors: Callistratus, 3rd or 4th cent; Philostratus, the Lemnian, 3rd cent; Vigen©·re, Blaise de, 1523-1596; Artus, Thomas, sieur d'Embry; Caron, Antoine, 1521-1599, ill; Isaac, Jaspar, d. 1654, ill; Gaultier, L©♭onard, 1561-1641, engraver; Leu, Thomas de, 1560-1612, engraver
Publisher: Chez la veufue Abel L'Angelier ... et la veufue M. Gvillemont ...
Published: 1614
Place of publication: A Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 921
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Painting; Mythology, Classical, in art
Work titles: Imagines
Notes: Engravings by Jasper Isac, L. Gaultier and Thomas de Leu, from designs of Antoine Caron and unknown artists.

Title within engraved illustrated border; engraved head- and tail-pieces and initials.

Includes index.

The elder Philostratus' work is also ascribed to Philostratus of Lemnos.

Signatures: pi℗ø(-pi1)©Łı́A-4Gœ́4Hþ́4I-4Mœ́(-4M6)

Praz, 453-454.

Numbers 833-834 omitted in pagination; pages 328, 336, 563, 804 and 817 misnumbered 308, 314, 573, 904 and 178 respectively.

Professor Held's notes written on p. 2 of cover and on first endpaper.

Professor Held's additional notes and dealer description removed and placed in envelope.