Author: LE MOYNE (Pierre):
Title: De l'Art des Devises Avec Diverse Recueils de Devises due meme Autheur.
Description: A Paris, Chez Sebastien Cramoisy, & Sebastine Marre Cramoisy..., 1666. FIRST EDITION. 4to, 246 x 170 mms., pp. [xl], 521 [522 - 539 indexes, 540 - 541 Privilege, 542 blank], including engraved and printed title-pages, with engraved vignette on printed title-page, 67 engraved vignettes for each of the sonnets, and 57 engraved vignettes for the "Devises Adoptés," full-page engraved plate [page 382], by Lalouette for with the arms of the Duchess of Aiguillon, to whom the work is dedicated, engraved head- and tail-pieces, contemporary mottled calf, spine ornately gilt in compartments, dark olive morocco label (rubbed and chipped) top and base of spine chipped, corners worn, front joint cracked (but firm), spine darkened and a bit rubbed. Praz, p. 401; Landwehr, Romanic, 471-472; Adams, Rawles & Saunders, F.393; Jean-Marc Chatelain, Books on emblems and currencies, 1993, n ° 55.

Keywords: Emblem medals prose


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