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Emblemata, 1566

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Record ID cp012755
Voet reference number1478
Museum Plantin-Moretus
Author Hadrianus JUNIUS (DE JONGHE)
Title page transcriptionHADRIANI ‖ IVNII MEDICI ‖ EMBLEMATA, ‖ AD ‖ D. ARNOLDVM COBELIVM. ‖ EIVSDEM ‖ ÆNIGMATVM LIBELLVS, ‖ AD ‖ D. ARNOLDVM ROSENBERGVM. ‖ ⊕ 17 ‖ ANTVERPIÆ, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini. ‖ M.D.LXVI. ‖ CVM PRIVILEGIO.
Collation8º (166 × 105): A-H⁸, I⁴; pages 1-134, [135-136] (Errors: 32 for 23, 110 for 100, 122-123 not numbered, 226 for 126, 121 for 131)
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Number of sheets8.50
Pages[1]: Title [2]: Note that the privilege is granted to Plantin (roman type capitals) [3-5]: Clarissimo…Arnoldo Cobelio, quaestori aerano Hollandiae meritissimo Hadr. Iunius medicus (Haarlem, 13 January) [6]: Io. Sambucus Hadr. Iunio suo signed by (Antwerp, 10 February 1564; lines in greek type) 7-64: Text (italic type, parts in roman type) 65: Ad lectorem (italic type) 66-121: Text (italic type, parts in roman type and greek type) [122-123]: Auctorum nomina e quibus profecimus, et quorum testimonio sumus usi (on two columns) 124-125: Clariss. viro Arnoldo Rosenbergo iurisconsulto, Hadr. Iunius medicus S.D. (italic type) 226 (= for 126)-134: Text (italic type) [135]: Privilege (Brussels, 6 January 1565, s. De la Torre, and 12 March, s. De Perre; Vienna, 21 February 1565, s. Haller) [136]: Blank
Edition information
IllustrationsWoodcuts: same 58 illustrations, 56 × 56, as used in the 1565-edition. Each woodcut printed within a typographical border of small fleurons
CopiesMuseum Plantin-Moretus- A 3938Staats- und Stadtbibliothek AugsburgKBR Royal Library of BelgiumCambridgeUniversity of Groningen LibraryBritish Library LondonBiblioteca Nacional de EspañaBibliothèque nationale de FranceBibliothèque de l’ArsenalVatican Apolstolic LibraryAustrian National LibraryUNamur- R4Z.0198
Bibliographical referencesRuelens-de Backer, pages 60-61 (1566, no. 27) J. Landwehr, Dutch Emblem Books, 1962, no. 117b J. Landwehr, Emblem Books in the Low Countries, 1970, no. 277 Praz, M. Seventeenth-Century Imagery, page 385Claude Sorgeloos, Labore et constantia. A collection of 510 editions issued by Christopher Plantin from 1555 till 1589. Introduction by Leon Voet. Brussels, 1990, nr. 277: '850 copies printed on "papier petit bastard"' Cockx-Indestege, E. Belgica typogra
Online bibliographical referencesSTCV c:stcv:12913624
Note 1Reprint of the 1565-edition, with the three parts: a) The 58 emblems (pages 7-64), b) Detailed explanation of each of the 58 emblems (pages 66-121), c) Aenigmata (now incorporated into the edition and not presented as a separate publication) (pages 226 [= for 126]-134).
Note 2The cost-accounting note in Arch. 4, folio 94, gives the following details about 'Emblemata Junii 2. editio': the wages for composing and printing the 8 quires A-H are entered under '17 Mars etc.' [1566] and amount to 10 florins Carolus guilders 16 stuivers Each copy contained 8 quires (in fact: 8½ quires). Of the edition 850 copies were printed, for which 13½ reams (including 1 ream 6 'mains' 'imperfections') of 'papier petit bastard' were used, which, at 1 florins Carolus guilders 8 stuivers per ream, came to 19 florins Carolus guilders 1 stuivers, bringing the overall costs to 29 florins Carolus guilders 17 stuivers 'qui est la pièce environ demy brasp[enninck]'.
Note 3Not listed in M 296 or M 164.
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