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Mondo simbolico, o sia, Vniuersita' d'imprese scelte, spiegate, ed' illustrate con sentenze ed eruditioni sacre e profane

by: Picinelli, Filippo, 1604-ca. 1667; Cotta, Giacomo, d. 1689; Tasnière, Giorgio, d. 1704; Bianchi, Andrea, 17th cent; Mognagha, Francesco

Publication date: 1653

Topics: Signs and symbols

Publisher: In Milano : Per lo stampatore archiepiscopale, ad instanza di Francesco Mognagha

Collection: getty; americana

Contributor: Getty Research Institute

Language: Italian

Censors' approvals on t.p. verso dated January 25, 1649 and September 21, 1650

Text printed in double columns

Added engraved t.p. (dated 1654) and port. of Picinelli signed by Giacomo Cotta. In entry for ed. of 1669, Landwehr identifies source of port. as Giorgio Tasniere. Forty copperplate emblematic ill., most signed by Andrea Bianchi

Woodcut printer's device on t.p. Head- and tail-pieces, initials

Signatures: [+] ++-+++ A-3A 3B a-c d ²a-i [dagger]-3[dagger]. [+]1rv, +++6r, and ²i6v are blank

Errata and register of signatures, last p

Includes bibliographical references

Landwehr, J. French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese emblem books

Praz, M. Studies in 17th c. imagery (2nd ed.)

Binding: later vellum. Title written on foot of text block: Imprese. d[e]l. Picinelli

Notes

No table of contents. Foxing throughout book. Narrow margins. Gutter included to avoid cropping text. Some text impossible to capture. Irregular pagination. Some misprinted or missing page numbers.