Amorum emblemata, figuris aeneis incisa studio Othonis VaenI Batauo-Lugdunensis. = Emblemes of loue. With verses in Latin, English, and Italian.
1608
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Title
Amorum emblemata, figuris aeneis incisa studio Othonis VaenI Batauo-Lugdunensis. = Emblemes of loue. With verses in Latin, English, and Italian.
Created/published
Antuerpiae : [Typis Henrici Swingenij.] Venalia apud auctorem, M.DC.IIX. [1608]
Description
[16], 747 [i.e. 247], [1] p. : ill. (engravings) ; obl. (4to)
Associated name
Veen, Otto van, 1556-1629, author.
Bol, Cornelius, active 1608-1614, printmaker.
Verstegan, Richard, approximately 1550-1640.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Bol, Cornelius, active 1608-1614, printmaker.
Verstegan, Richard, approximately 1550-1640.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Note
In verse.
Parallel Latin, English, and Italian texts. The English translation is by Richard Verstegan.
The second engraving is signed: C. Boel fecit.
Printer's name from colophon.
Running title reads: Emblemata amorum.
P. 247 misnumbered 747.
A variant (STC 24627a.9) lacks imprint date.
Signatures: pi⁴ (:)⁴ A-2H⁴.
Identified as STC 24567c on UMI microfilm reel 602.
Parallel Latin, English, and Italian texts. The English translation is by Richard Verstegan.
The second engraving is signed: C. Boel fecit.
Printer's name from colophon.
Running title reads: Emblemata amorum.
P. 247 misnumbered 747.
A variant (STC 24627a.9) lacks imprint date.
Signatures: pi⁴ (:)⁴ A-2H⁴.
Identified as STC 24567c on UMI microfilm reel 602.
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo. DFONOTE edp cf. S114698 (please make these two records uniform (e.g. running title, notes, etc.)
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 24627a.8
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S122151
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S122151
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Selected image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 24627a.5 copy 1
Genre/form
Annotations.
Made-up copies.
Made-up copies.
Place of creation/publication
Belgium.
Item Details
Call number
STC 24627a.5 copy 1
Folger-specific note
Contemporary limp vellum binding with MS. spine title. MS. markings (partially crossed-out affecting legibility). Provenance: inscribed on front free endpaper: "[?] Sum B.V.M. 1680"
Call number
STC 24627a.5 copy 2
Folger-specific note
Smedley. With seven leaves of circa c19 French MS. translations of the emblems bound at end. Preliminary leaves are mutilated and silked, with some loss of text. Re-bound; formerly bound in dark green boards. Provenance: bookplate of W. T. Smedley (motto "forward")
Call number
STC 24627a.5 copy 3
Folger-specific note
Curatorial file available. Unopened copy. Bound in blue wrappers
Call number
STC 24627a.5 copy 4
Folger-specific note
Smedley. Imperfect: wanting numerous leaves (see card catalogue for list of specific leaves), at least one from most gatherings. A made-up copy: inserted after pi4 is a gathering of four leaves signed "T" (or [dagger]) from another edition in Spanish (with the caption title: Soneto a la medida Francesa, en loor delautor.). Tipped-in throughout are corresponding Spanish translations of the emblems from another edition. MS. notes on the endpapers. Limp vellum binding, gilt-tooled, with a MS. spine title. Provenance: bookplate of E. A. Hitchcock, U.S. Army (motto "non nisi parvulis"); booksellers' catalogue entries tipped-in; bookplate of W. T. Smedley (motto "forward")