Folium Librorum Vitae Deditum. Jaargang 1

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Emblem books not listed by Praz

Second list¹⁾

Professor Mario Praz, Rome, sent this second list of emblem books. All these titles have been taken from Liste 156: Emblem-Bücher etc., L'Art Ancien S.A., Zürich (1950).

7	BRUNNER, Andr., soc. J. Excubiae tutelares LX heroum qui ab anno 508 Theodonem in principatu Boiariae secuti cum elogiis suis et rerum gestarum compendio adducuntur. München, Leysser, 1637. sm. 8vo. pp. 613 + 9. Engraved frontispiece and 60 portraits by Wolfg. Kilian, each accompanied by a device. - (L'Art Ancien 156, n. 21).
8	OPPELT, Johan, (soc. J.) Sammlung geist- und sinnreicher Gedanken, über verschiedene aus der Natur, Kunst, und Wissenschafften vorgestellte Sinn-Bilder durch alle Gattungen der hochdeutschen Reim-Kunst. Prag. J.G. Schneider, 1766. Four parts in one volume. 4to. pp. 48, 80, 70; 2, 92, 4. 58 almost full-page etchings. - ‘In der Collegial-Druckerey by St. Clemens Societatis JESU gedruckt und mit einer Anzahl schöner, grosser Holzschnitt-Zierstücke im Rokokostil geschmückt von denen eines mit F G, einige mit G. signiert sind (Nagler, Monogr. II 2634 bildet eine ähnliche Signatur G. ab und identifiziert sie met Jean Guignard, der in Paris zw. 1760-80 Vignetten für den Bücherschmuck schnitt.’ (L'Art Ancien 156, n. 62).
9	((SCHOTTELIUS, J.C.). Jesu Christi Nahmens-Ehr, worin alles auf den Nahmen Gottes und dessen Wort eingericht... und in gebundener und ungebundener Rede verfasset ist. Wolfenbüttel, Buno, 1666. pp. 14 + 512. Engraved frontispiece and many pretty emblematic engravings. The author was a member of the Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft, under the name of ‘der Suchende’. - (L'Art Ancien 156, n. 79).
10	Théâtre d'Amours. (The Netherlands, 17th century). 28 (?) emblematic engravings in nice borders; beneath 6 lines of engraved text in different calligraphic styles. In error Brunet (Suppl. II 755) ascribes the engravings to Goltzius. (L'Art Ancien 156, n. 34 describes the Sir William Stirling Maxwell copy. Here this emblem book is bound up with 6 other works).
11	VERMEHREN, P. Jesus und seine Kirche aus denen Sonn- u. Fest-Tags Evangelien, so auch aus denen Apostel-Geschichten, in 100... Vergleichungs-Sonnetten. Nebst e. Vorbericht Hrn. V.E. Löschern. Dresden, Winckler; Leipzig, Gross. 1733. folio 110 leaves. Engraved frontispiece and 103 copperplates by Moritz Bodenehr (1655-1748). The engravings consist in 2 medallions, small emblems and text. - Extremely rare. (L'Art Ancien 156, n. 91).

1) See FOLIUM I, 1 p. 12-14.

Emblems and devices for festivities, funerals, degrees, etc. (See Praz p. 180-201)

12	Genealogia serenissimae domus Austriacae a Philippo primo rege Hispaniarum... ad august, caesares Leopoldum et Margaretham deducta et eisdem august., dum felici, et toto orbe desiderato hymenaeo jungeren-

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tur, submiss. dedicata ab archiducali Collegio Graecensi Societatis Jesu. Graz, Fred. Widmanstetter. 1666. folio. 3 leaves, pp. 49 (wrongly numbered 48). 8 full page emblematical engravings by Phil. Kilian (the first one after Albinus Patho). - (L'Art Ancien 156, n. 41).

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Leopoldo Imperatori Augusto Pio, Felici De Ingressu Auspicato In Urbem Augustam Vindelicorum. D. XXXI. Aug. An. MDCLXXXIX. Gratulatio. (Augsburg. ca. 1690). 1 leaf, 3 leaves, each with a large emblematical figure, pp. 4-11. Bound up with 8 other works, 4 of which with emblematical illustrations, all published at Augsburg circa 1690. One of the emblems has the name of the engraver: A.M. Wolfgang. Probably he is the artist of 3 other volumes too. - (L'Art Ancien 156, n. 56). Josepho Regi Hungariae Spei Germaniae Deliciis Austriae Orbis Amori Consecr. Leopoldo Imperatori Victori Semper Augusto. Die Leopoldo Sacro. XV. Nov. MDCLXXXIX. Acclamatio. Josepho Regi Principi Iuventutis Porphyrogenito Victoriis Innutrito Dedic. In Memoriam Gloriosae Victoriae Hungaricae A Germanorum Fortissimo Exercitu Auspiciis Leopoldi Imp. Invictiss. A.C. MDCLXXXVI De Turcis Reportatae Emblemata.

Corrections and Additions

Professor Praz sent also a long list of corrections and additions to his bibliography. He writes:

Sinse my Bibliography of Emblem Books was published in 1947, Miss Rosemary Freeman has published her English Emblem Books (London, Chatto and Windus, 1948) with a Bibliography of English Emblem Books to 1700; there have appeared besides a few important catalogues containing emblem books, namely, the very extensive Liste 156 L'Art Ancien, Zurich, cat. n. 3 of Nicolas Rauch S.A., Mies, Vaud (Switzerland), the Catalogue n. 149 (1950) of the International Antiquariaat, Amsterdam (including... a series of Dutch emblem-books). Omissions and corrections in my Bibliography have been pointed out by L'Art Ancien catalogue, by Miss Freeman (in her review in The Review of English Studies for January 1950, pp. 72-3), and by Merritt Y. Hughes (in his review in The Modern Language Review, Vol. XLV, No. 2, April 1950). Prof. Hughes, however, commits a curious oversight, when he says that for Maurice Sève ‘there is room for little more than bare mention in either of Professor Praz's volumes’. Maurice Sève of Scève, as I spell his name, is amply dealt with in the first volume of my Studies in Seventeenth-Century Imagery, and is adequately listed in my Bibliography. All these publications contain several suggestions for improvements to be introduced into my Bibliography.

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Praz, p. 1:	A., H. Partheneia Sacra. - Miss Freeman, in the Appendix 3 to her book, shows that it is extremely unlikely that H.E. was Herbert (not in any case Henry) Aston, as Fr. Gervase Mathew suggested before me, and finds it difficult ‘to establish any strong case against Hawkins' authorship’.
Praz, p. 3:	ACADEMIES: GELATI. - My collation is wrong. There are 12 introductory leaves, 26 leaves numbered 1-52, 2 unnumbered leaves, 18 leaves numered 53-84 (should be 88), 1 leaf numbered 87-88, 4 leaves numbered 89-176, 4 leaves numbered on the recto 181-184, 44 leaves numbered 185-272, 6 leaves numbered on the recto 273-278, 64 leaves numbered 278 (should be 279) -406, 1 unnumbered leaf; total 222 leaves.
Praz, p. 26:	BORCHT. Blom-hof. - Internat. Antiquariaat, cat. 149, no. 49 gives: oblong 12mo, engraved title and 13 etchings by Jean v.d. Borcht.
Praz, p. 27:	BORNITZ, Moralia Bornitiana. - The first edition recorded by He., NP., and L'Art Ancien 156, 26 is: Emblematum sacrorum et civilium miscellaneorum Sylloge prior (-posterior). Heidelberg, C. Ammonius, 1659; two printed leaves, two engraved titles, and 100 copperplates.
Praz, p. 30:	BRUIN. Uitbreiding. - The copperplates are the same of Philotheus' Symbola Christiana, but reduced in size.
Praz, p. 32:	BUNYAN. - The edition recorded as Divine Emblems is a late one, and John Bunyan, given as ‘engraver’ is the author of the Pilgrim's Progress. Correct description of the various issues in R. Freeman's English Emblem Books, p. 231. A Book for Boys and Girls: or Country Rhimes for Children. By J.B. London, Printed for N.P., 1686, 8vo, no plates. - 2nd edition 1701 entitled A Book for Boys and Girls; or, Temporal Things Spiritualised. - In the 9th edition 1724 and subsequently it was issued as Divine Emblems; or Temporal Things Spiritualised, with cuts. (The first edition contains 74 emblems: in the second and later editions these were reduced to 49 and many alterations made in the text). See also Roger Sharrock, Bunyan and the English Emblem Writers, in the Review of English Studies, April 1945.
Praz, p. 34:	CALLOT. - On Callot see also: J. Lieure, Jacques Callot, Cat. de l'oeuvre gravé, Paris, 1926; 626-652 for Vita Beatae Mariae; 599-625 for Lux Claustri. - Lieure, 120-144, ascribes to Callot the devices given as by Giulio Parigi in my bibliograhpy, under Adimari, A., Esequie (p. 4).
Praz, p. 34:	CAMERARIUS, J. - According to Andresen, Deutscher Peintre-graveur, II, p. 385 ff., n. 139, the artist is not Hans Schroder, but Hans Sibmacher. The portrait mentioned is probably a grangorized one.

(The list of Corrections and Additions will be continued in the next issue.)