Alciati, Andrea - Emblema Lyon, Rouillé, 1588.... Lot 9

Alciati, Andrea - Emblema Lyon, Rouillé, 1588. In 8th. Typographic brand on the title page, intaglio vignettes with emblems throughout the text, burnishing and halos, full leather binding from the 19th century. Modern ex libris with Achille Varisco library stamp. SPECIALIST NOTESMino Gabriele, from Alciati's Adelphi edition: "His Emblematum liber (1531), a gallery of human situations transfigured into metaphors and admirable 'hieroglyphic' symbols, aimed to transmit - similarly to Erasmus's Adagia - a heritage of wisdom and morality, through an effective verbal and iconographic visualization of high concepts or simple thoughts. Instead, it became the archetype of a genre of literature that not only enjoyed extraordinary success in Europe right from its inception, but also exerted a decisive influence, so as to become an inevitable reference, if you want to understand much of the subsequent art and literature."