| Record ID | cp011409 |
| Voet reference number | 1486 |
| Museum Plantin-Moretus | |
| Author | Hadrianu JUNIUS (DE JONGHE) |
| Title page transcription | LES ‖ EMBLESMES ‖ DV S. ADRIAN LE ‖ IEVNE, MEDECIN ET HISTO- ‖ RIEN DES ESTATS DE ‖ HOLLANDE. ‖ Faicts François & sommairement ‖ expliquez. ‖ ⊕ 18 ‖ A ANVERS, ‖ De l'imprimerie de Christop…‖ M.D. LXX. ‖ AVEC PRIVI… |
| Collation | 16mo (114 × 68): A-E⁸; pages 1-78, [79-80] (Errors: 20 not numbered, 96 for 69) |
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| Number of sheets | |
| Pages | [1]: Title [2]: Privilege (Brussels, Privy Council, 6 January 1565, signed by De la Torre, and Council of Brabant, 12 March 1565, s. De Perre) [3-4]: A monsieur, monsieur de la Forest, ambassadeur en Angleterre pour la maiesté du Roy de France (Antwerp, 20 October 1567, s. Iaq. Grevin, medecin) 5-61: Text (roman type and italic type) [62]: Blank [63]-78: Explication de quelques emblemes difficiles (italic type, parts in roman type) [79-80]: Blank |
| Edition information | |
| Illustrations | Woodcuts: 57 illustrations, 56 × 56, as used in the Latin and Dutch editions |
| Copies | British Library London- 246 a 37: right part of title-page somewhat teared off, which makes some parts illegibleUniversity of Glasgow Library - Glasgow (Great Britain)Faculté de Théologie protestante, MontaubanBibliothèque nationale de France |
| Bibliographical references | Praz, M. Seventeenth-Century Imagery, page 385 J. Landwehr, Dutch Emblem Books, 1962, no. 119 J. Landwehr, Emblem Books in the Low Countries, 1970, no. 288 J. Landwehr, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese books of devices and emblems, 1534-1827, 1976, no. 418 Not in Ruelens-de Backer |
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| Note 1 | French translation: a) of 57 of the 58 emblems of the Latin editions(s) (the last one, no. 58, has been left out; the Latin headings and the Latin verses accompanying the illustrations have been translated, but the dedications to several personalities have not been retaken); b) summarized (as compared to the original Latin version) explanations of the 57 emblems. |
| Note 2 | The name of the translator, 'Jacques Grevin, medecin', is given in the dedicatory to Monsieur de la Forest. |
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