Emblemata : cvm aliqvot nvmmis antiqvi operis Ioannis Sambvci Tirnaviensis Pannonii.
Title
Emblemata : cvm aliqvot nvmmis antiqvi operis Ioannis Sambvci Tirnaviensis Pannonii.
Date
1564
Place
Antverpiae [Antwerp]
Publisher
Ex officina Christophori Plantini [Christophe Plantin]
Language
Latin
Greek
Edition
First Edition.
Contributor
DESIGNER:
Lucas de Heere
Geoffroy Ballain
Pieter Huys
Lucas de Heere
Geoffroy Ballain
Pieter Huys
WOODCUTTER:
Geeraard Jansen van Kampen
Cornelis Janz Muller
Arnaud Nicolai
Geeraard Jansen van Kampen
Cornelis Janz Muller
Arnaud Nicolai
Note
IMPRINT:
Excvdebat Christoporvs Plantinvs Antverpiae, VIII. CAL. SEPT. ANNO M. D. LXIV. [1564]
Excvdebat Christoporvs Plantinvs Antverpiae, VIII. CAL. SEPT. ANNO M. D. LXIV. [1564]
FORMAT:
240 pages : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 28 cm (8vo).
240 pages : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 28 cm (8vo).
Signature : A-P 8.
BINDING:
Copy in later vellum binding with spine label and gilt lettering.
Copy in later vellum binding with spine label and gilt lettering.
CONTENT:
Text at the end pertaining to coins is addressed to Grollierus.
Text at the end pertaining to coins is addressed to Grollierus.
ILLUSTRATION:
166 emblematic woodcuts followed by 46 coins.
166 emblematic woodcuts followed by 46 coins.
A large number of emblems are dedicated to friends and relations of the author (see Landwehr for an elaborate listing).
Zsámboki originally commissioned the artist Lucas d'Heere for the illustrations. Plantin, however, had half of these designs redrawn by Geoffroy Ballain and Pieter Huys. The actual woodcuts were produced by Gerard Janssen van Kampen, Cornelis Muller, and Arnold Nicolai.
Contains an early illustration of a tennis match.
NOTE:
The first new emblem book to appear outside Italy or France. An expanded version followed in 1566. It was published in French in 1567 and in a Dutch translation.
The first new emblem book to appear outside Italy or France. An expanded version followed in 1566. It was published in French in 1567 and in a Dutch translation.
CONDITION:
Somewhat browned and spotted, heavier in some places, some slight dampstaining mostly confined to lower gutter and margins.
Somewhat browned and spotted, heavier in some places, some slight dampstaining mostly confined to lower gutter and margins.
REFERENCES:
Adams, S.218
BMSTC, Dutch, p.182.
Graesse, Trésor des livres, vi,p.255.
Landwehr, J. Emblem & fable books, 709
Voet, E. Nederlandse goud- en zilvermerken, 2168
French Emblems at Glasgow
French Emblems at Glasgow
BINDING:
Later vellum binding with spine label and gilt lettering.
Later vellum binding with spine label and gilt lettering.
Archive Location
Library Catalog
Num Pages
240
Call Number
N7740 .S25 E5 1564
Rare Book
Item Type
Book
Files
Collection
Citation
János Zsámboki, “Emblemata : cvm aliqvot nvmmis antiqvi operis Ioannis Sambvci Tirnaviensis Pannonii.,” Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS) Rare Book Collection, accessed June 24, 2025, https://crrs.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/10169.