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  Northern European Emblem Books, 1550–1700

  37 volumes

  The term emblema was coined by the jurist Andrea Alciato in 1522: he used it to designate a novel literary device—the witty and erudite pairing of a motto with an …

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  Views of Rome

  54 volumes

  A collection proposed by Dr. Sarah McPhee and Dr. Eric Varner, Views of Rome includes books that chronicle the Eternal City in text and image over four centuries (16th-19th). These …

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Views of Rome

Descrizione del Palazzo Apostolico Vaticano

• Author: Taja, Agostino Maria.; Portocarrero, Gioacchino.
• Published: 1750 | Added: April 1, 2019, 2:41 p.m.

Views of Rome

All'Emo., e Rmo. Sigr. Pne. Colmo., Il Sig.r Cardinale Alessandro Albani Emo., e Rmo. pri

• Author: Nolli, Giambattista, approximately 1692-1756.
• Published: 1748 | Added: April 1, 2019, 2:41 p.m.

Northern European Emblem Books, 1550–1700

Hadriani Iunii medici Emblemata, ad D. Arnoldum Cobelium : eiusdem Aenigmatum libellus, ad D. Arnoldum Rosenbergum

• Author: Junius, Hadrianus, 1511-1575.; Kampen, Geeraard Jansen van, fl. 1564-1589,; Nicolai, Arnaud,; Balla…
• Published: 1565 | Added: April 1, 2019, 2:41 p.m.

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Northern European Emblem Books, 1550–1700

Andreae Alciati emblematvm libellvs.

• Author: Alciati, Andrea, 1492-1550.; Jollat, illustrator.
• Published: 1536 | Added: May 18, 2020, 7:30 p.m.

Views of Rome

Opera di Andrea Fuluio delle antichità della città di Roma, & delli edificij memorabili di quella // Opera di Andrea Fulvio delle antichità della città di Roma

• Author: Fulvio, Andrea, active 1510-1543.; Del Rosso, Paolo, -1569.
• Published: 1543 | Added: Aug. 7, 2020, 1:57 p.m.

Representing the Argonautica

Apollōniou tou Rodiou Argonautika, meta tōn palaiōn te, kai pany ōphelimōn scholiōn. Apollonii Rhodii, Argonautica, antiquis unà, & optimis cum commentariis

• Author: Apollonius Rhodius
• Published: 1546 | Added: July 30, 2020, 3:31 p.m.

Northern European Emblem Books, 1550–1700

Hadriani Iunii medici Emblemata, ad D. Arnoldum Cobelium : eiusdem Aenigmatum libellus, ad D. Arnoldum Rosenbergum

• Author: Junius, Hadrianus, 1511-1575.; Kampen, Geeraard Jansen van, fl. 1564-1589,; Nicolai, Arnaud,; Ballain, Geoffroy, 16th cent.,; Huys, Pieter, 1519-1581…
• Published: 1565 | Added: April 1, 2019, 2:41 p.m.

Northern European Emblem Books, 1550–1700

Humanae salutis monumenta

• Author: Arias Montano, Benito, 1527-1598.; Borcht, Petrus van der, 1545-1608,; Broeck, Crispin van den, 1524-ca. 1591,; Bruyn, Abraham de, 1538-1587?,; Huys,…
• Published: 1571 | Added: May 6, 2020, 2:02 p.m.

Northern European Emblem Books, 1550–1700

Pub. Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon libri XV: in singulas quasque fabulas argumenta

• Author: Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
• Published: 1571 | Added: May 19, 2020, 3:25 p.m.

Northern European Emblem Books, 1550–1700

Humanae salutis monumenta

• Author: Arias Montano, Benito, 1527-1598.; Borcht, Petrus van der, 1545-1608,; Broeck, Crispin van den, 1524-ca. 1591,; Bruyn, Abraham de, 1538-1587?,; Huys,…
• Published: 1571 | Added: Oct. 30, 2019, 3:20 p.m.

Northern European Emblem Books, 1550–1700

Laurentii Gambarae Brixiani, Rerum sacrarum liber

• Author: Gambara, Lorenzo, ca. 1495-1585.; Pactus, Jacobus.; Passeri, Bernardino, ca. 1540-1596,; Borcht, Petrus van der, 1545-1608,; Wierix, Jan, 16th cent.,…
• Published: 1577 | Added: May 5, 2020, 6:06 p.m.

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