Iconologies: Ou Explication Nouvelle de plusieurs Images, Emblems et Autres Figures Hyerogliphiques Des Vertus, Des Vices, Des Arts. 2 Vol. In 1
by Ripa, Cesare; Jean Baudoin; Jacques De Bie; Thomas Philip De Grey; Gabriel Le Clerc; Anthony Blunt, J Rodolph Frey
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About This Item
Paris: Ches Mathieu Guillemo, 1643. Quarto. Two parts in one volume. [2], [20], 204 pages, and [1] leaf, 196 pages. Illustrated. Ceasare Ripa was one of the great codifiers of Renaissance iconography. Icons and emblems gave clues to the major themes of art but also law. He showed, for instance, the different kinds of justice (e.g., Divine Justice, "worldly justice". Bound in contemporary calf quite worn at corners and spine ends, green spine label printed by hand chipped. A very good copy.
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- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
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- Title
- Iconologies: Ou Explication Nouvelle de plusieurs Images, Emblems et Autres Figures Hyerogliphiques Des Vertus, Des Vices, Des Arts. 2 Vol. In 1
- Author
- Ripa, Cesare; Jean Baudoin; Jacques De Bie; Thomas Philip De Grey; Gabriel Le Clerc; Anthony Blunt, J Rodolph Frey
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ches Mathieu Guillemo
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1643
- Keywords
- symbolism in Art; Iconography; Emblems, Early Works to 1800;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
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