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Pentēkontarchos, sive, Quinquaginta militum ductor

Ramírez de Prado, Lorenzo, 1583-1658, Haen, Willem de, fl. 1609-1682, Jáuregui y Aguilar, Juan de, 1583-1641, Collaert · 1612 · Antuerpiae : Apud Ioannem Keerbergium · 9 pictures

Pentēkontarchos, sive, Quinquaginta militum ductor is a 1612 Latin and Greek emblem book printed in Antwerp by Johannes Keerbergius, with text by Lorenzo Ramírez de Prado and Juan de Jáuregui, and engravings attributed to Willem de Haen and Collaert, aimed at scholars and students of the classics. Its small oval and circular emblems pair Latin mottoes with fine line engravings of Roman coins, medallion portraits, a flowering vase, and a palm tree with seated figures, offering a designer compact, reproducible roundels, cameo profiles and laurel-framed inscriptions.

Latin language · Greek language

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