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Symbolorum et emblematum
Illustrated by: Johann [Hans] Sibmacher (German, died in 1611)
Author: Joachim Camerarius (1534–1598)
Printer: Gotthard Vögelin (German, 1572–1634)
Author: Joachim Camerarius (1534–1598)
Printer: Gotthard Vögelin (German, 1572–1634)
1605
Place of Publication: Heidelberg, Germany
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with four etched part-titles and 400 etchings
Dimensions
Overall: 18.3 x 15.3 x 5.7 cm (7 3/16 x 6 x 2 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Fund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number39.585
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
[Heidelberg] Gotthard Vögelin, 1605
Catalogue Raisonné
Brunet I, 1513; VD17 23:283566N; Praz, p. 295; Hollstein, German, LXI, pp. 143-274, nos. 763-1166
Description([Heidelberg:] Gotthard Vögelin, 1605) Quarto; 416 leaves; modern gilt-stamped brown calf (upper cover only remains of contemporary binding).
Emblematic illustrations divided into four categories, featuring (1) plants, (2) four-legged animals, (3) birds and insects, and (4) reptiles and marine animals, with a few monsters thrown in at the end
Emblematic illustrations divided into four categories, featuring (1) plants, (2) four-legged animals, (3) birds and insects, and (4) reptiles and marine animals, with a few monsters thrown in at the end
ProvenanceArthur John Naish; Walter Naish; L'Art Ancien, Zurich, from whom purchased by MFA, May 11, 1939.