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Symbolorum & emblematum ex re herbaria desumtorum centuria una collecta a Ioachimo Camerario, medico Norimberg : In quib'rariores stirpium proprietates historiae ac setentiae memorabiles no paucae breuiter exponutur.

Accession number
PML 37270
Creator
Camerarius, Joachim, 1534-1598.
Published
[Noribergae : Johannis Hofmanni & Huberti Camoxij], 1590-1595.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. Roland L. Redmond, March 1942.
Notes
Colophon: Vol. I. Noribergae impensis Iohannis Hofmanni & Huberti Camoxij. Vol. II, Noribergae, Excudebat Pavlvs Kavfmann, M.D.XCV.
First ed.
Only Parts I (emblems of plants) and II (emblems of animals). Parts III (birds and insects) and IV (reptles and fish) appeared separately also in 1596 and 1604. The whole group was published in 1605 as a second edition.
T.p. of v. 2: Symbolorvm & emblematvm ex animalibvs qvadrvpedibvs desvmtorvm centvria altera collecta ... Exponuntur in hoc libro rariores tum animalium proprietes tum historiae ac sententiae memorabiles ...
Title-pages and emblems engraved.
Description
2 v. in 1 : ill.
Binding
Red morocco, gilt, 17th century.
Classification
Department