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Emblemata

Author: Andrea Alciati (1492–1550)
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Netherlandish, 16th century
Printer: Franciscus Raphelengius (Netherlandish, 1539–1597)
1608
Place of Publication: Leiden, Netherlands

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 210 woodcuts
Dimensions Overall: 18.7 x 13.2 x 5.7 cm (7 3/8 x 5 3/16 x 2 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberKBR9
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Leiden: Frans Raphelengius, 1608

Catalogue Raisonné Green, Alciati, 133
Description(Leiden: Frans Raphelengius, 1608) Octavo; 482 leaves; contemporary vellum, red cloth case.

Author portrait (fol. +2v); emblematic symbols and scenes
ProvenanceSylvester R. Koehler, Boston (1837-1900, first curator of prints, MFA), by whom given to MFA, October 20, 1898.