Vita Beatae Mariae Virginis matris Dei, emblematibvs delineata = Vie de la bien-hevrevse Vierge Marie, mere de Diev, representée par figures emblematiques

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The 2nd ed., the 1st having appeared without indication of publisher or date, probably in Lorraine; see Lieure First leaf blank, conjugate with title leaf that follows. Leaves [3-6] comprise the added etched title, an ode to the Virgin in French, and two prose encomiums in French and Latin, both signed with the initials F.R In Getty copy, leaves [4-6] are signed in reverse order ã3, ã2 and ã, leaf [3] being unsigned The emblematic ill. are numbered I-XXVI, corresponding to Lieure's 2nd state. They are etched, with some engraving, soft-ground etching, and perhaps drypoint. Lieure suggests that only the first 4 prints are by Callot, the remaining 23 being perhaps by Abraham Bosse. Above each emblematic ill. is a motto given in Latin and French, and below are two lines of Latin verse followed by four lines of French verse Lieure, J. Jacques Callot Binding: old sprinkled sheepskin. Spine gilt tooled. Page edges sprinkled red Centered on front pastedown is bookplate of Henry Edward Bunbury
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