Mondo simbolico, formato d'imprese scelte, spiegate, et illvstrate con sentenze, ed eruditioni sacre, e profane : in qvesta nvova impressione dall' auttore accresciute sopra al numero di cinquecento alle quali s'e aggionto il suo proprio indice

PICINELLI, Filippo [author], DELLA CROCE, Francesco [illustrator], DURELLO, Simone [engraver]

Verlag: Milano: Francesco Vigone, 1680

Beschreibung

Beautiful book of emblems by an Augustinian scholar Filippo Picinelli (1604-1679). The Symbolic World was first published in 1653 in Venice. It was a typical emblematic treatise of the Counter-Reformation. The Symbolic World (1653) by the Jesuit [Augustinian] Picinelli is a collection of cases intended for preachers, in which the emblems represent the various vices and the mottos translate the visual messages into the form of an epigram, expressing the educational will of the Counter-Reformation: thus the cat when he is bunting just before scratching, it depicts the lascivious woman, who "when she jokes, mocks" (cum ledit, laedit) (Paolo Rinoldi, L emblematica). The copper plates were carved by a famous Milanese engraver Simone Durello (1641-1719). Text in Italian. In 4to. Complete. 33.6x22.2cm. 16 pages for the introduction + 892 pages for the main text + 114 pages for the index. 54 copperplate illustrations. Vellum binding with four raised bands. Slight wear on the cover, some stains on the first and last pages, otherwise in near fine condition. May require extra shipping due to size and weight. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1446

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Mondo simbolico, formato d'imprese scelte, ...

Verlag: Milano: Francesco Vigone

Erscheinungsdatum: 1680

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Near Fine