Hadriani Iunii medici Emblemata ad D. Arnoldum Cobelium : eiusdem Aenigmatum libellus ad D. Arnoldum Rosenbergum.
Title
Hadriani Iunii medici Emblemata ad D. Arnoldum Cobelium : eiusdem Aenigmatum libellus ad D. Arnoldum Rosenbergum.
Date
1566
Place
Antuerpiae [Antwerp]
Publisher
Ex officina Christophori Plantini
Language
Latin
Greek
Edition
2nd ed.
Contributor
ILLUSTRATOR:
Godefroid Ballain
Godefroid Ballain
Pieter Huys
ENGRAVER:
Geeraard Jansen van Kampen
Geeraard Jansen van Kampen
Arnaud Nicolai
Note
IMPRINT:
Antuerpiae : Ex officina Christophori Plantini, MDLXVI [1566]
Antuerpiae : Ex officina Christophori Plantini, MDLXVI [1566]
ILLUSTRATION:
Plantin's compasses device on title-page. Blocks for the illustrations were mostly cut by Gerard Janssen van Kampen, with a few by Arnaud Nicolai; the illustrations for emblems X and XIX have the letter G for Gerard. Geoffroy Ballain provided 52 of the drawings, Pieter Huys the remainder; see Voet. Headpiece, tailpiece, 2 decorated initials.
Plantin's compasses device on title-page. Blocks for the illustrations were mostly cut by Gerard Janssen van Kampen, with a few by Arnaud Nicolai; the illustrations for emblems X and XIX have the letter G for Gerard. Geoffroy Ballain provided 52 of the drawings, Pieter Huys the remainder; see Voet. Headpiece, tailpiece, 2 decorated initials.
Emblems have some iconography in common with those invented by Johannes Sambucus and Alciatus.
This edition does not have the elaborate borders of the first, which had been published the previous year.
CONTENT:
The single page devoted to each of the 58 emblems comprises a brief statement of the topic, in some cases a dedication, the woodcut illustration within a border of fleurons, and a four-line explanation in verse. Additional explanation in prose for each emblem follows on pages 65-121.
The single page devoted to each of the 58 emblems comprises a brief statement of the topic, in some cases a dedication, the woodcut illustration within a border of fleurons, and a four-line explanation in verse. Additional explanation in prose for each emblem follows on pages 65-121.
Contains a letter to Sambucus.
FORMAT:
134, [2] pages : illustrations ; 17 cm (8vo)
134, [2] pages : illustrations ; 17 cm (8vo)
Signatures: A-H⁸ I⁴ (F5 signed E5).
CONDITION:
Copy has manuscript waste (sheet music) inside the front cover and between pages 128 and 129.
Copy has manuscript waste (sheet music) inside the front cover and between pages 128 and 129.
BINDING:
Contemporary limp vellum, holograph title on spine.
Contemporary limp vellum, holograph title on spine.
PROVENANCE:
Copy has bookplate of Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow.
Copy has bookplate of Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow.
REFERENCES:
Kelso, R. English gentleman, 496
Voet, L. Plantin press, 1478
Kelso, R. English gentleman, 496
Voet, L. Plantin press, 1478
Archive Location
Library Catalog
Num Pages
136
Call Number
PN6349 .J8 1566
Rare Book
Files
Collection
Citation
Hadrianus Junius, “Hadriani Iunii medici Emblemata ad D. Arnoldum Cobelium : eiusdem Aenigmatum libellus ad D. Arnoldum Rosenbergum.,” Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS) Rare Book Collection, accessed June 24, 2025, https://crrs.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/10182.