Jean Jacques Boissard's Emblematum Liber / Emblemes Latins (Metz,1588). Metz, A. Faber, 1588: Facsimile Edition Using Glasgow University Library SM Add 415, with a Critical Introduction and Notes
Jean Jacques Boissard's Emblematum Liber / Emblemes Latins (Metz,1588). Metz, A. Faber, 1588: Facsimile Edition Using Glasgow University Library SM Add 415, with a Critical Introduction and Notes
Boissard's Emblematum liber (1588) is one of the most complex and fascinating we possess: it comprises 42 emblems, each occupying an opening, with a quatrain in Latin by Boissard, a sonnet in French by Pierre Joly, and sophisticated engravings, many of them including more text, much of it in Greek. It is a daunting work but one which amply repays study and attention. Two particularly interesting features are 1) the autograph manuscript at the Bibliotheque de l'Institut in Paris which, as well as giving Boissard's own ...
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Boissard's Emblematum liber (1588) is one of the most complex and fascinating we possess: it comprises 42 emblems, each occupying an opening, with a quatrain in Latin by Boissard, a sonnet in French by Pierre Joly, and sophisticated engravings, many of them including more text, much of it in Greek. It is a daunting work but one which amply repays study and attention. Two particularly interesting features are 1) the autograph manuscript at the Bibliotheque de l'Institut in Paris which, as well as giving Boissard's own pictura, almost certainly used by the engraver, contains a prose commentary in French, and 2) the Brussels copy of the 1588 edition, a presentation copy to Louis Malarmey, which has Greek citations of relevance to our understanding of the emblems added, again in Boissard's own hand. I would need to refer to these regularly. The edition includes a critical introduction, situating the work, and a substantial critical apparatus.
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75p plus 42 plates. Ex-library copy of a gilt navy blue cloth hardcover book in near-fine condition. Library sticker on back cover; a few additional markings inside. Scant remains of sticker on spine. However, the main body text is clean, and the binding is tight. The first half contains a section of black and white images of the original EMBLEMATUM LIBER by Boissard, a Neo-Latin poet. The rest is Adams' commentary. Imago Figurata Editions Vol. 5. From the title page: "Metz: A. Faber, 1588. A facsimile editionusing Glasgow University Library SM Add 415 with a critical introduction and notes."
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