Les vrais povrtraits des hommes illvstres en piete et doctrine : dv trauail desquels Diev s'est serui en ces derniers temps, pour remettre sus la vraye Religion en diuers pays de la chrestienté : auec les descriptions de leur vie & de leurs faits plus mem
Translated by Simon Goulart Jean de Laon's allegorical device on t.p. On t.p. verso is woodcut port. of James VI of Scotland, to whom the work is dedicated. The ports. appear in the oval openings of decorative surrounds. The 44 emblems appear in rectangular decorative surrounds, one to a page, followed by explanatory French verse (2H1r-2N2v). Headpieces, decorated initials Signatures: (3 dots within parentheses) A-2N Includes index Woodcut head- and tail-pieces; initials Errata, last p Binding: old limp vellum. Remains of two pairs of ties at foredge. Page edges sprinkled red and brown. Now in slipcase covered in brown linen-grained cloth, author & title in gilt on spine label, date in gilt at foot Centered on front pastedown is bookplate of Carl J. Ulmann. Above it is written: Schreiber, no. 45. There are various inscriptions on the front free endpaper recto, including the signature of F.S. Hochstetter at the lower right corner, dated March 15, 1764. Above it is an outline M surmounted by a cross, colored red. In margin at right of device on t.p. is an owner's inscription: Joan. Georgij Frisij ... Geneva 15. Jan.ij AS. 96
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