Emblemata Andreae Alciati iurisconsulti clarissimi.

Emblematum liber

Lugduni : Apud Mathiam Bonhomme, 1548.

64 [i.e. 164], [4] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 20 cm (8vo)

Published in association with Guillaume Rouillé, whose name and device appear, instead of those of Macé Bonhomme, on the title page of some copies. Cf. Duplessis, George. Emblèmes d'Alciat, p. 30-32, and Landwehr.

Includes 128 woodcuts; table of the trees, at end, extended after "Populus Alba", with "Salix", "Amygdalus", and "Morus". Cf. Baudrier, H.L. Bib. lyonnaise, IX, p. 144, and Green, H. Andrea Alciati, 31, for variants.

Colophon reads: Lugduni, Excudebat Mathias Bonhomme.

Signatures: A-K⁸, L⁴ (I2 signed I3).

Page 164 misnumbered 64.

Woodcuts by Pierre Eskrich, though frequently attributed to Bernard Salomon. Except for the [4] p. of tables at end, each p. is enclosed within a four-part ornamental border; many of the borders (including the title page border) signed P.V., probably for Pierre Vase [i.e. P. Eskrich]. Cf. Mortimer, R. French 16th cent., 15, for elements of description common to 1548 and 1549 eds.

Landwehr, J. French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese books of devices and emblems, 38

France -- Lyon.

188- 295q

Folger copy: title page mutilated, affecting woodcut border, device of Macé Bonhomme, and title.

Louis Serbat copy.