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Hadriani Ivnii medici Emblemata : eivsdem Aenigmatvm libellus

Junius, Hadrianus, 1511-1575, Kampen, Geeraard Jansen van, active 1564-1589, Nicolai, Arnaud, Ballain, Geoffroy, 16th cent, Huys, Pieter, 1519-1581?, Junius, Hadrianus, 1511-1575. Aenigmatum libellus · 1565 · Antverpiae : Ex officina Christophori Plantini · 17 pictures

Hadrianus Junius's Emblemata, printed in Antwerp in 1565 by the Plantin press, is a Latin emblem book of moralizing picture-and-verse puzzles for learned readers. Its pictures are repeated woodcut decorative friezes of interlaced strapwork, scrolls and foliate ornament set as headpieces and dividers between emblems, useful for designers seeking Renaissance border patterns.

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