MONTENAY, Georgette de (1540-1581). Emblematum christianorum centuria. Cent emblemes chrestiens. Text in Latin and French. Zurich: Froschauer, 1584.
MONTENAY, Georgette de (1540-1581). Emblematum christianorum centuria. Cent emblemes chrestiens. Text in Latin and French. Zurich: Froschauer, 1584. 8 o (191 x 145 mm). Etched portrait of the author and 100 emblematic etchings by Pierre Woeiriot 19th-century morocco by Thompson. Provenance : Henry Huth (bookplate); Acquired from Scribner Rare Books, 1969. FIRST LATIN EDITION, of the first emblem book by a woman, and of the first protestant emblem book, using the plate of the 1571 edition. Adams M-1715; Landwehr German 443; Landwehr, Romanic Emblems 530; Rudolphi Froschauer 800; See Mortimer French 380; Praz, p. 431.
MONTENAY, Georgette de (1540-1581). Emblematum christianorum centuria. Cent emblemes chrestiens. Text in Latin and French. Zurich: Froschauer, 1584.
MONTENAY, Georgette de (1540-1581). Emblematum christianorum centuria. Cent emblemes chrestiens. Text in Latin and French. Zurich: Froschauer, 1584. 8 o (191 x 145 mm). Etched portrait of the author and 100 emblematic etchings by Pierre Woeiriot 19th-century morocco by Thompson. Provenance : Henry Huth (bookplate); Acquired from Scribner Rare Books, 1969. FIRST LATIN EDITION, of the first emblem book by a woman, and of the first protestant emblem book, using the plate of the 1571 edition. Adams M-1715; Landwehr German 443; Landwehr, Romanic Emblems 530; Rudolphi Froschauer 800; See Mortimer French 380; Praz, p. 431.
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