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Les images ov tableavs de platte peintvre de Philostrate lemnien sophiste grec

Philostratus, the Athenian, active 2nd century-3rd century, Philostratus, the Lemnian, active 3rd century, Vigenère, Blaise de, 1523-1596 · 1597 · A Paris : Pour Abel Langelier ... · 16 pictures

A 1597 Paris edition of Philostratus's descriptions of painted pictures, translated into French by Blaise de Vigenère for a learned readership of classical scholars. The pictures here are decorative woodcut initials, large letters L, D, L and V wrapped in foliage, scrolls and leaves, with the ornate Renaissance manner a designer could borrow for capitals and headers.

Mythology, Classical, in literature · Mythology, Classical, in art

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