Andreae Alciati Emblemata

Alciati, Andrea, 1492-1550, author · 1621 · Patauij : Apud Petrum Paulum Tozzium, sub signo Ss. Nominis Iesu · 36 pictures

Andreae Alciati Emblemata is a Latin emblem book by the Milanese jurist Andrea Alciati (1492-1550), printed in Padua in 1621 by Petrus Paulus Tozzius for a scholarly readership. Each woodcut sits inside the same ornate border of caryatid figures, grotesque animals and urns, with a small scene in the centre showing a tree, a figure, a beast or a classical object.

Emblem books, Latin -- Early works to 1800 · Emblems -- Early works to 1800 · Emblem books, Latin · Emblems

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