SYMBOLORUM & EMBLEMATUM EX RE HERBARIA DESUMTORUM CENTURIA UNA COLLECTA bound with three others
by [EMBLEM BOOK] CAMERARIUS, Joachim
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Minor dampstaining at the upper gutter extending toward the center of the page in some instances but usually quite light and nev
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Nuremberg: [Typis Voegelinianis], 1590 [1605]. Hardcover. Minor dampstaining at the upper gutter extending toward the center of the page in some instances but usually quite light and never touching any emblem. Near Fine example of this lovely book. Small quarto (5-1/4" x 7-3/4") bound in full recent antique calf with four raised bands and gilt lettering. Bound with Camerarius. Symbolorum & emblematum ex animalibus.... Nuremberg, 1595. And: Camerarius. Symbolorum & emblematum ex volitatibus et insectis.... Nuremberg, 1596. And: Camerarius. Symbolorum & emblematum ex aquatilibus et reptilibus.... [Nuremberg?], 1604. Edited by the renowned German physician and naturalist J. Camerarius's son, Ludwig Camerarius. First Collected Edition of the four volumes, this copy lacking the general title page and five pages of preliminary matter but retaining the blanks at the end of the third and fourth parts. 102 ff.; 103 ff. [1]; [2] 102 ff. [2]; [4] 100 ff. [1]. Each volume contains an original engraved title page and 100 charming circular emblems making a total of 400 emblems employing a combined technique of etching and copper engraving depicting plants, animals, birds, and fish attributed to Hans Sibmacher with accompanying descriptive text. First published separately in 1590, the CENTURIA UNA was THE FIRST BOTANICAL EMBLEM BOOK and one of the first books to contain illustrations of plants on intaglio plates. Hunt 181; Landwehr German 166; Nissen 312.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012108
- Title
- SYMBOLORUM & EMBLEMATUM EX RE HERBARIA DESUMTORUM CENTURIA UNA COLLECTA bound with three others
- Author
- [EMBLEM BOOK] CAMERARIUS, Joachim
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Minor dampstaining at the upper gutter extending toward the center of the page in some instances but usually quite light and nev
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- [Typis Voegelinianis]
- Place of Publication
- Nuremberg
- Date Published
- 1590 [1605]
- Keywords
- Birds, Reptiles, Fish, Ornithology, Early Printing, Botanicals, Emblem Books, Illustrated Books, Early Printed Books, 16th Century
- Bookseller catalogs
- Botanical; Emblem Books; 16th Century; Early Printed Books;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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- Quarto
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- Gilt
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- Title Page
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- Calf
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Fine
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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