A Book of Emblems: The Liber Emblemata in Latin and English

by JohnF.Moffitt (Translator), Andrea Alciati (Author)

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  Paperback
  2004

  $39.87

  Andrea Alciatis' Liber Emblemata (published in 1534) was an illustrated book of emblems, used by the well-educated of post-medieval Europe. This is the English translation, complete with the Latin texts and illustrations belonging to each of the 212 emblems, following the canonical order established by Johann Thuilius in 1612