Emblemata.- Montenay (Georgette de) Stamm Buch, Darinnen Christlicher Tugenden Beyspiel, Einhundert auszerlesener Emblemata, the first polyglot edition of these emblems, Frankfurt, Johann-Carl Unckels, 1619.
Emblemata.- Montenay (Georgette de) Stamm Buch, Darinnen Christlicher Tugenden Beyspiel, Einhundert auszerlesener Emblemata, text in French, Latin, Spanish, Italian, German, English and Dutch, engraved architectural title by Peter Rolos, portrait of the author, and 100 half-page emblems by Pierre Woeriot, A1&2 detached, some staining and foxing, 19th century blind-stamped panelled calf, covers detached, spine ends chipped, corners worn, rubbed, [Landwehr, German, 445; Praz p.431], 8vo, Frankfurt, Johann-Carl Unckels, 1619.
⁂ The first polyglot edition of the emblems of Georgette de Montenay (1540-1571), poet and Protestant lady in waiting to Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre, to whom there is dedicatory verse at the end. 'The book was intended as [an] album amicorum, with a blank for entries at the end of each emblem' (Landwehr).
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Emblemata.- Montenay (Georgette de) Stamm Buch, Darinnen Christlicher Tugenden Beyspiel, Einhundert auszerlesener Emblemata, text in French, Latin, Spanish, Italian, German, English and Dutch, engraved architectural title by Peter Rolos, portrait of the author, and 100 half-page emblems by Pierre Woeriot, A1&2 detached, some staining and foxing, 19th century blind-stamped panelled calf, covers detached, spine ends chipped, corners worn, rubbed, [Landwehr, German, 445; Praz p.431], 8vo, Frankfurt, Johann-Carl Unckels, 1619.
⁂ The first polyglot edition of the emblems of Georgette de Montenay (1540-1571), poet and Protestant lady in waiting to Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre, to whom there is dedicatory verse at the end. 'The book was intended as [an] album amicorum, with a blank for entries at the end of each emblem' (Landwehr).
