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EMBLEM BOOKS -- RIPA, C. Iconologia, of uytbeeldingen des verstands. (…) Een werck dat dienstigh is, allen Reedenaers, Poëten, Schilders, Beeldhouwers, Teyckenaers, en alle andere Konstbeminders en Liefhebbers der Geleertheyt (…). Om uyt te drucken, en te vinden, 't Begrip van alle Sinnebeelden, Invallen, Devijsen en Sinteykenen. Uyt het Italiaens vert. d. D.P. Pers. Amst., D.P. Pers, 1644. (14), 636, (8) pp. W. 196 woodcuts in text by J.C. J(egher). 4°. Cont. mottled cf. (Frontispiece lacks, spine dam., spine ends rep. corners worn, paste downs detached, some marg. stains, sl. browned).
First Dutch translation by Dirck Pietersz. Pers (1581-1659). The 'Iconologia' was conceived as a guide to the symbolism in emblems, highly influential in the world of art and literature. Ripa based his work for the greater part on Egyptian, Greek and Roman emblematical representations. - Praz 474; Landwehr 683.€ 180
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