A Choice of Emblemes

Title

en_US A Choice of Emblemes

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: With an introduction by Frank Fieler

en_US By Geffrey Whitney. Edited by Henry Green

Creator

en_US Green, Henry See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T19:12:47Z

en_US 1998-12

en_US 1967

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:12:47Z

Date Issued

en_US 1967

Abstract

en_US First published in Leyden in 1586 by Geffrey Whitney. Reissued in London in 1866, edited by H. Green. Introduced in 1967 by Frank Fieler. This book is a facsimile of the 1866 edition. The first collection of emblems was Andreas Alciati's Emblemata published in Augsburg in 1531. Apparently, some three hundred emblem books were published between 1531 and 1700. On lxxxv one finds Whitney's helpful index of motives, Latin and English. His work was an anthology culled from a number of emblem books. For good examples of both text and image see The Goat and the Wolf Whelp (49) and Anellus' Wife (80). I have been amazed at how many fable motifs and fables show up in this work. In all, I find some fifty-three of these emblems using fables and fable-motifs. Typical non-fables are on 172, where a candle, book, and hour-glass help to warn us to use the time, and 181, which shows the traits of occasio, which I take to indicate especially opportunity. Horace, Ovid, and Livy seem to be the ancient authors most frequently referred to. The second part (beginning on 105) seems to offer famous Romans as subjects up to 117. This is, I believe, the first emblem book in this collection. It shows some white staining at the base of the spine.

Identifier

en_US 4522 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80185

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Benjamin Blom

en_US New York

Subject

en_US PR2388.W4 C5 1586b See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole