ALCIATI, ANDREA. Emblematum libellus. 103 (of 113) woodcut text illustrations. 119, [1] pages; lacks A3.6, D2, and D4.5. 8vo, 162x103 mm, contemporary stiff wrappers, soiled and worn, contents loose in binding; marginal dampstaining throughout with traces of mold, early owner's pen-and-ink doodles and additions to illustrations on pages 97-98 and 102-03; title in ink on bottom edges. sold as is. Paris: Chrétien Wechel, 1540
Early edition of the first emblem book, originally published in 1531 in Augsburg. "It is the Paris edition which set the standard for the popular field of emblem literature"--Harvard/Mortimer-French 13 (1534 Wechel edition).
bound after: [Scroffa, Camillo.] I Cantici di Fidentio Glotto Crysio Ludimagistro [pseud.]. 44, [2] (of [4]) pages; lacks final blank. Marginal dampstaining throughout with traces of mold. Florence: Antonio Padovani, 1572. A third item once bound with the Alciati and Scroffa is no longer present.
