Catalogo Item 1899 - The Digital Cicognara Library

Publication date(s):

[1626] and 1626

Other title(s):

Icones symbolicae

Author:

Giarda, Cristoforo, 1595-1649

Imprint:

[Milan] : Ex typographia hered. Melchioris Malatestae

Language:

Latin

Cicognara number:

1899

Note(s):

Place and date from Praz, who notes that "the work is an iconology, not an emblem-book proper."
"Pars prior."
Engraved t.p. signed "Bassanus f." for Cesare Bassano; see Frontespizi incisi nel libro italiano del seicento, p. 64. Sixteen engravings of allegorical figures; they are printed on 3rd p. of bifolia with letterpress epithets on the 1st p., the bifolia not included in paging or signing. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials.
Signatures: +4 A-Q4 R6 chi2.
Includes errata.

Related name(s):

Bassano, Cesare, 1584-1648

Subject:

Allegories and Symbolism in art

DCL number:

52v

1899. GIARDAE Christophori, Icones symbolicae elogiis illustratae, Mediolani 1626, ex typographia Melchioris Malatestre, in 4.
Sono 17 tavole con altrettante immagini allegoriche di mediocre lavoro.
Sono 17 tavole con altrettante immagini allegoriche di mediocre lavoro.