Ripa, Cesare, 1560-1645, A collection of emblematical figures , 1777
- Title(s):
- A collection of emblematical figures : moral and instructive / chiefly composed from the Iconology of cavaliere Cesare Ripa, Perugino ; exhibiting the elements and celestial bodies, seasons and months of the years, hours of the day and night, quarters of the world, the principal rivers, the four ages, the muses, the senses, arts, sciences, dispositions of the mind, virtues and vices ; as represented by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and modern Italians ; containing upwards of four hundred human figures, engraved from original designs, with their explanations ; illustrated by variety of authorities from classical authors ; together with an introductory discourse on the science of iconology ; the whole collected and arranged by George Richardson ...
- Additional Title(s):
- Iconologia. English.
- Published/Created:
- London : Printed for the editor, 1777.
- Physical Description:
- [12], vii, 49 p., 24 leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsN7740 R513 1777+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/581374
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- BAC : British Art Center copy is incomplete: Books 2-4 are wanting.
Plates by E. Malpas; after William Hamilton.
First edition in Italian published at Rome, 1593, without illustrations.
Other editions have title beginning: Iconology. - Subject Terms:
- Carpenter, C. A. -- Bookbinder.Emblem books -- Specimens.Emblems.Etching -- Specimens -- 1777.Stipple engraving -- Specimens -- 1777.
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