Author: CAMERARIUS, Giorgius
Title: Emblemata Amatoria
Description: Venice Pietro Paolo Tozzi (colophon: printed by Giacomo Sarzina) 1627 Small in-16°, 7 x 9 cm, 201, [2] pp. A Latin emblem book, with 83 poems and 81 full-page engravings. Namely the engraved title-page, the full-page engraved arms of Dominico Molino, 75 love-emblem engravings (most show Cupid, the last one shows Narcissus) and 4 engravings of tombs. Contemporary tanned sheepskin, the gilding of the tooling is largely lost, but the binding is otherwise good ¶ Provenance: Lieutenant Charles Stanislaus Capelle, a U.S. military surgeon. Landwehr, Romanic Emblem books, 201 - Praz, pp. 127, 295. A lovely little book of love emblems

Keywords: Emblemata|Latijn