Added t.p., p. [17]: Les emblemes de Maistre Gabriel Rollenhague / mis en vers francois par vn professeur de la langue françoise a Colongne. Coloniae : Excudebat Seruatius Erffens : Prostant apud Ioannem Iansonium bibliopolam Arnheimensem, anno MDCXI [1611]. The added t.p. is followed by translations of the emblems in French verse, p. [20]-[48]. This section does not occur in all copies; see Landwehr

Date of publication taken from added t.p

Main t.p., port. of Rollenhagen (p. [3]), and the 100 emblematic ill. were engraved by Crispijn de Passe the Elder; see Landwehr. The emblems are circular, with Latin motto around the perimeter and explanatory Latin couplet (occasionally four lines) engraved beneath. A few mottos and couplets are in French, Greek or Italian

Engraved text by Crispin de Passe the Elder

Landwehr, J. German emblem books

Getty copy bound with the continuation of the present work: Gabrielis Rollenhagii Selectorum emblematum centuria secunda (Utrecht : Crispijn van de Passe, 1613)

Binding: red morocco, signed at foot of inside front cover: F. Bedford (Francis Bedford, 1799-1883). Boards tooled in gilt & black with double frames, fleurons at corners of the inner. Spine tooled in gilt, including author, title & imprint. Edges of boards and turn-ins tooled with gilt fillets, page edges gilt

Centered on front pastedown is gilt-tooled red morocco bookplate of the Huth library. John Landwehr's label at lower left corner

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