Promtuarii [sic] iconum insigniorum a s̀eculo hominum / subiectis eorum vitis, per compendium ex probatissimis autoribus desumptis, editio secunda, illustrium virorum, qui a ̀prima successerunt, imaginibus aucta atque locupletata. Prima [et secunda] pars. [Printer's device, see below].
- Rouillé, Guillaume, 1518?-1589.
- Date:
- 1578[-1581]
- Books
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Publication/Creation
Lugduni : Apud Gulielmum Rouillium [bar], 1578[-1581]
Physical description
4 unnumbered pages, 172 [i. e. 176], 4 unnumbered pages; 311 [i. e. 315], 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations portraits, title page of part 1 with woodcut border, woodcut medallion portraits ; (4to)
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Signatures: Aa⁸, Bb⁴, Cc-Mm⁸; Aaa-Sss⁸, Ttt10 (Ttt5-6 duplicated in numbering), Vvv⁸
Pages 1-5 (lst sect.) numbered as leaves; p. 297-300 (2d sect.) duplicated in numbering
Device on t.-p.: eagle on sphere, and two serpents; motto: In virtute et fortuna. (For facsimile reprint of device see S. Morison, Four centuries of fine printing (l949) p. 187)
Title-page within border of type flowers
Part 2 has title-page: Promtuarii // iconum pars // secunda, // ... [four lines] // hac secunda editione valde aucta // ... [2 lines] // [Printer's device] // Lugduni, Apud Gulielmum Rouillium. // [bar] // M. D. LXXXI
Device on t.-p. for pt. 2: female figure receiving book from heaven; motto: Nox præcessit: dies successit
Noted in Pre-l956 imprints and H. M. Adams, Cat. of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600
On cover: Collegium
Copy 1 Note: The date 1581 is a printed slip pasted over the original date of 1578, on the t.p. of pt. i. The other part is dated 1581.
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Location Status Access Closed storesEPB/B/5262