Travaux d’Humanisme et Renaissance

CCCXXXI

A Bibliography of French Emblem Books of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

by Alison Adams, Stephen Rawles and Alison Saunders

LIBRAIRIE DROZ S.A.

11, rue Massot

GENÈVE

1999

Mentions légales

Résumé

L'importance de l'emblème (genre multi-média et pan-européen) comme reflet de la culture européenne aux seizième et dix-septième siècles est aujourd'hui de plus en plus reconnue. Bien que le style emblématique se manifeste dans plusieurs arts plastiques (parmi lesquels la peinture, la broderie, l'architecture - permanente ou éphémère - et l'art sépulcral) ce sont les livres qui codifient et concrétisent le mieux la combinaison de mots et d'image qui constitue l'emblème.La contribution française aux livres d'emblèmes fut formatrice et centrale. La bibliographie présente décrit en détail plus de 700 éditions imprimées en France ou en français entre 1534 et 1700. Alciat, fondateur du genre, représente presque un dixième de celles-ci, et plusieurs éditions de son oeuvre sont identifiées ici pour la première fois, de même que plusieurs éditions également inconnues d'autres auteurs de livres d'emblèmes. Chaque notice comporte une reproduction du titre, une collation technique détaillée, une description de la disposition (souvent accompagnée d'une illustration) et une liste d'exemplaires identifiés. Les différentes éditions ont été soigneusement isolées, ainsi qu'à l'intérieur de celles-ci les différents états et émissions. 77 bibliothèques ont été dépouillées et, en plus, d'autres exemplaires sont notés dans environ 300 autres bibliothèques.

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Abstract

The pan-European, multi-media genre of the emblem is increasingly recognised as an important reflection of European culture in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Although emblematic manifestations are found in a wide range of plastic art forms, including, for example, painting, embroidery, architecture (both permanent and ephemeral) and sepulchral art, it is books which best codify and record the word/image combinations which constitute emblems.The French contribution to the emblem book was formative and central. This bibliography describes in detail more than 700 editions printed in France or in French between 1534 and 1700. Alciato, the founder of the genre accounts for almost a tenth of these, and several editions of his work are here identified for the first time, as also hitherto unknown editions by other writers of emblems. Each entry comprises a reproduction of the title, a full technical collation, a description of the layout (often illustrated also) and a list of copies located. Particular care is taken to isolate editions and within these states and issues. 77 libraries have been visited, and further copies are noted in some 300 other libraries.

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ISSN : 0082-6081

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Dedication

To

JEANNE VEYRIN-FORRER

Doyenne of French Bibliographers and our long-term

Guide, Mentor and Friend

Acknowledgements

This bibliography was initially commissioned by Peter Daly of McGill University, to form part of the ‘Corpus Librorum Emblematum’ project. Throughout, and despite a change of publisher, he has supported and encouraged our work with enthusiasm and energy.

Any enterprise of this nature inevitably trespasses on the good nature and collegiality of friends and colleagues. We have benefited from, and in some cases, blatantly exploited the hospitality and generosity of many people. With apologies for inadvertent omissions, we gratefully acknowledge the assistance and/or hospitality of the following :

Thomas Amos ; Marion and Ayers Bagley ; Astrid Balsem ; Ursula Baurmeister ; Bart Op de Beeck ; Stan Beeler ; M.L.B. Blom ; Jeanie and Dan Brink ; R. Breugelmans ; Hilary and Philip Burling ; Paul van Capelleveen ; Jennifer Carter ; Peter Daly ; Caroline Eadie ; Max Engammare ; Christa Esterházy ; Monique Fort ; Pamela and David Graham ; Laurence Grove ; Geneviève Guilleminot ; Henry Heaney ; Karl Josef Höltgen ; Marie-Thérèse Imbert ; Dirk Imhof ; John Jenson ; George Kerferd ; Jan and John Logan ; Austin Maclean ; Libbie McQuillan ; Ginette Marbot ; Jean Michel Massing ; Joséphine Masson ; Véronique Meunier ; Ronald Milne ; Elizabeth Moignard ; Fred Nash ; Noël Peacock ; Christian Péligry ; Marianne Rawles ; Richard Rawles ; Olivia Robinson ; Daniel Russell ; Anne and Michael Screech ; Peter Sharratt ; Sandra and David Sider ; Yann Sordet ; Grace Swart ; Carol Urness ; Jeanne Veyrin-Forrer ; Mara Wade ; Andrew Wale ; Werner Waterschoot ; Graham Whitaker ; Miriam Young.

We have privileged access to the Union Catalogue of Emblem Books maintained by Stan Beeler at the University of Northern British Columbia.

Almost without exception, the staffs of the various libraries we have visited have lavished care and attention upon us. In a number of cases the normal rules for the consultation of materials such as we sought were, if not openly waived, considerably relaxed, to the great benefit of the Bibliography. We must inevitably give special mention to Glasgow University Library : for two of us there is perhaps a certain immodesty in singling out the staff of the Department of Special Collections of Glasgow University Library, and David Weston in particular, but it is self-evident to any specialist in the emblem field, that that Department and its current Keeper must play a vital role in making our kind of work possible.

We must, in addition, thank our colleagues, from chief librarians to book fetchers, in the libraries or rare book departments in many institutions : the complete list of Libraries visited for books examined for Volume 1 is as follows :

Austria :

Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek.

Belgium :

Antwerp, Museum Plantin-Moretus ; Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale / Koninklijke Bibliotheek.

Denmark :

Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Bibliotek.

France :

Aix-en-Provence, Bibliothèque Méjanes ; Bordeaux, Bibliothèque Municipale ; Chantilly, Musée Condé ; Grenoble, Bibliothèque Municipale ; Lyons, Bibliothèque Municipale ; Le Mans, Médiathèque Louis Aragon ; Montpellier, Bibliothèque de la ville et du Musée Fabre ; Paris, Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal ; Paris, Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris ; Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine ; Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France ; Paris, Bibliothèque Ste Geneviève ; Paris, École Nationale des Beaux Arts ; Versailles, Bibliothèque Municipale.

Germany :

Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek ; Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek.

The Netherlands :

Amsterdam, Universiteitsbibliotheek ; Leiden, Rijksuniversiteitsbibliotheek ; The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek ; Utrecht, Rijksuniversiteitsbibliotheek ; Utrecht, Rijksuniversiteit, Arts Library.

Poland :

Wroclaw, Uniwersytecka Biblioteka.

Switzerland :

Lucerne, Zentralbibliothek.

United Kingdom :

Cambridge, Clare College ; Cambridge, Emmanuel College ; Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum ; Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College ; Cambridge, Jesus College ; Cambridge, King’s College ; Cambridge, Magdalene College ; Cambridge, Pembroke College ; Cambridge, Peterhouse ; Cambridge, Queen’s College ; Cambridge, St John’s College ; Cambridge, Trinity College ; Cambridge, University Library ; Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland ; Glasgow, Glasgow University ; London, British Library ; London, British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings ; London, National Art Library ; Manchester, Johns Rylands University Library ; Oxford, All Souls College ; Oxford, Bodleian Library ; Oxford, Christ Church ; Oxford, Corpus Christi College ; Oxford, University History of Art Department ; Oxford, Lincoln College ; Oxford, Museum of the History of Science ; Oxford, Pusey House ; Oxford, The Queen’s College ; Oxford, St John’s College ; Oxford, Wadham College ; Oxford, Worcester College.

United States of America :

Tempe, AZ, Arizona State University ; Los Angeles, CA, Getty Research Institute ; San Marino, CA, Henry E. Huntington Library ; Washington, DC, Folger Shakespeare Library ; Washington, DC, Library of Congress ; Coral Gables, FL, University of Miami ; Chicago, IL, Newberry Library ; Urbana, IL, University of Illinois ; Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University ; Cambridge, MA, Harvard University ; Minneapolis, MN, University of Minnesota ; Princeton, NJ, Princeton University ; New York, NY, New York Public Library ; New York, NY, Hispanic Society of America ; New York, NY, Pierpont Morgan Library ; Philadelphia, PA, University of Pennsylvania ; Charlottesville, VA, University of Virginia.

Generous assistance, financial and/or infrastructural, has been given by : The British Academy ; The Arts and Humanities Research Board ; The University of Aberdeen ; The University of Glasgow ; The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland.

List of Libraries cited in Volume 1

The libraries cited in the descriptions are here listed alphabetically by country, and then by symbol, with the town and name of the library alongside. In the case of Canada and the United States of America, the name of the relevant Province or State is indicated next to the the name of the town. Information on the English Cathedral Libraries is provided from

The Cathedral Libraries Catalogue,

vol. 2, London : British Library / Bibliographical Society, 1998, and the symbols adopt the prefix ‘CLC’.

It is emphasised that, in the descriptions, only those copies marked with an asterisk have been examined, and that we cannot vouch for the presence of other copies in the places indicated.

Austria

Aus
GUB
Graz
Universitätsbibliothek

Aus
IUB
Innsbruck
Universitätsbibliothek

Aus
SSP
Salzburg
Bibliothek der Benediktiner Erzabtei
St Peter

Aus
VKM
Vienna
Kunsthistorisches Museum

Aus
VOENB
Vienna
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

Aus
VUB
Vienna
Universitätsbibliothek

Belgium

Bel
AMPM
Antwerp
Museum Plantin-Moretus

Bel
ARG
Antwerp
Ruusbroec Genootschap

Bel
ASB
Antwerp
Stadsbibliotheek

Bel
BBRKB
Brussels
Bibliothèque Royale / Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Bel
BSB
Brussels
Societé des Bollandistes

Bel
GUB
Ghent
Universiteitsbibliotheek

Bel
KoStB
Kortrijk
Stadsbibliotheek

Bel
LBGU
Liège
Bibliothèque générale de l’Université

Bel
LeBSJ
Leuven
Bibliotheek Jezuïeten, Heverlee
(Leuven)

Bel
LeKU
Leuven
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Belgium

, continued

Bel
LeKUTH
Leuven
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,
Fakulteit Theologie

Canada

Can
BVaU
Vancouver, British
Columbia
University of British Columbia

Can
NfM
St Johns,
Newfoundland
Memorial University

Can
OLU
London, Ontario
University of Western Ontario

Can
OTU
Toronto, Ontario
University of Toronto

Croatia

Cro
ZNSB
Zagreb
Nacionalna i Sveucilisna Biblioteka

Czech

Republic

Cze
PSK
Prague
Státní Knihovna (National Library)

Denmark

Den
CKB
Copenhagen
Det Kongelige Bibliotek

France

Fra
ABM
Amiens
Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
AiBM
Aix-en-Provence
Bibliothèque Méjanes

Fra
AnBM
Angers
Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
AngBM
Angoulême
Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
ArlBM
Arles
Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
ArrBM
Arras
Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
AurBM
Aurillac
Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
AvBM
Avignon
Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
AvMC
Avignon
Musée Calvet

Fra
BeBM
Besançon
Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
BN
Paris
Bibliothèque nationale de France

Fra
BorBM
Bordeaux
Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
BouBM
Boulogne
Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
CaBM
Caen
Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
CarBM
Carpentras
Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
CBF
Chantilly
Bibliothèque les Fontaines

Fra
ChBM
Chaumont
Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
CMC
Chantilly
Musée Condé

Fra
CoBM
Colmar
Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
CouBM
Coutances
Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
DBM
Douai
Bibliothèque Municipale

France,

continued

Fra
DBM
Douai Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
DiBM
Dijon Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
GapBM
Gap Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
GBM
Grenoble Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
LaRBM
La Rochelle Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
LBM
Lyons Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
LeHBM
Le Havre Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
LeMMLA
Le Mans Médiathèque Louis Aragon

Fra
LiBM
Lille Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
LouBM
Louviers Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
MBvMF
Montpellier Bibliothèque de la ville et du Musée
Fabre

Fra
MeBM
Mende Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
MoBM
Montauban Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
NaBM
Nantes Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
NBM
Nancy Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
NîBM
Nîmes Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
NiceBM
Nice Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
OrBM
Orléans Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
PBArs
Paris Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal

Fra
PBHVP
Paris Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de
Paris

Fra
PBInst
Paris Bibliothèque de l’Institut

Fra
PBMa
Paris Bibliothèque Mazarine

Fra
PBS
Paris Bibliothèque de la Sorbonne

Fra
PBU
Paris Bibliothèque Universitaire Section
Lettres-Sciences (Sorbonne)

Fra
PENBA
Paris École Nationale des Beaux Arts

Fra
PoBU
Poitiers Bibliothèque Universitaire

Fra
PoMBM
Pont-à-Mousson Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
PStG
Paris Bibliothèque Ste Genevieve

Fra
RBM
Rennes Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
RouBM
Rouen Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
SBNU
Strasbourg Bibliothèque Nationale et
Universitaire

Fra
StDBM
Saint-Dié Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
StDenBM
Saint Denis Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
StFBM
Saint-Flour Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
TBM
Toulouse Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
TrBM
Troyes Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
VaBM
Valognes Bibliothèque Municipale

Fra
VBM
Versailles Bibliothèque Municipale

Germany

FRG
AsHB
Aschaffenburg
Hofbibliothek

FRG
ASStB
Augsburg
Staats- und Stadtbibliothek

FRG
BaSB
Bamberg
Staatsbibliothek

FRG
BoUB
Bonn
Universitätsbibliothek

FRG
BSB
Berlin
Staatsbibliothek

FRG
CoLB
Coburg
Landesbibliothek

FRG
DaHLHS
Darmstadt
Hessische Landes-und
Hochschulbibliothek

FRG
DiStuB
Dillingen
Studienbibliothek

FRG
DSLB
Dresden
Sächsische Landesbibliothek

FRG
EiUB
Eichstätt
Universitätsbibliothek

FRG
EUB
Erlangen
Universitätsbibliothek

FRG
FrUB
Freiburg
Universitätsbibliothek

FRG
FSGPTH
Frankfurt
Philosophische-Theologische
Hochschule Sankt Georgen

FRG
GNSUB
Göttingen
Niedersächsische Staats- und
Universitätsbibliothek

FRG
GoFB
Gotha
Forschungsbibliothek

FRG
GrUB
Greifswald
Universitätsbibliothek

FRG
HaULB
Halle
Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek
Sachsen-Anhalt

FRG
HmStUB
Hamburg
Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek

FRG
HNLB
Hannover
Niedersächsische Landesbibliothek

FRG
KrlBLB
Karlsruhe
Badische Landesbibliothek

FRG
MarUB
Marburg
Universitätsbibliothek

FRG
MBCG
Munich
Bibliotheca Collegii Georgiani

FRG
MFSA
Munich
Franziskanerkloster Sankt Anna

FRG
MHP
Munich
Hochschule für Philosophie

FRG
MSB
Munich
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek

FRG
MStB
Munich
Städtische Bibliotheken

FRG
MUB
Munich
Universitätsbibliothek

FRG
MZK
Munich
Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte

FRG
NeStlB
Neuburg
Staatliche Bibliothek

FRG
NStB
Nuremberg
Stadtbibliothek

FRG
PoSchB
Pommersfelden
Schörnbornsche Schloβbibliothek

FRG
PStlB
Passau
Staatliche Bibliothek

FRG
RFTHB
Regensburg
Fürstliche Thurn und Taxische
Hofbibliothek und Zentralarchiv

FRG
RStlB
Regensburg
Staatliche Bibliothek

FRG
SWLB
Stuttgart
Würtemburgische Landesbibliothek

FRG
TrStB
Trier
Stadtbibliothek

FRG
WHAB
Wolfenbüttel
Herzog August Bibliothek

Germany

, continued

FRG
WiHLB
Wiesbaden
Hessische Landesbibliothek

FRG
WüUB
Würzburg
Universitätsbibliothek

FRG
XStiftB
Xanten
Stiftsbibliothek

FRG
ZRSB
Zwickau
Ratschulbibliothek

Hungary

Hun
BEK
Budapest
Egyetemi Könyvtár (University
Library)

Hun
BMTAK
Budapest
Magyar Tudományos Akadémia
Könyvtár

Hun
BOSK
Budapest
Országos Széchényi Könyvtár
(National Széchenyi Library)

Ireland

Ire DTC
Dublin
Trinity College

Italy

Ita
BoBCAG
Bologna
Biblioteca Comunale
dell’Archiginnasio

Ita
CBRU
Catania
Biblioteca Regionale Universitaria

Ita
FBCA
Ferrara
Biblioteca Comunale Ariostea

Ita
FlBNC
Florence
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale

Ita
LuBSt
Lucca
Biblioteca Statale

Ita
MiBA
Milan
Biblioteca Ambrosiana

Ita
MoANSL
Modena
Accademia Nazionale di Scienze,
Lettere e Arti

Ita
MoBE
Modena
Biblioteca Estense

Ita
NaBN
Naples
Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio
Emanuele III

Ita
PaBU
Pavia
Biblioteca Universitaria

Ita
PeBA
Perugia
Biblioteca Augusta

Ita
PiBU
Pisa
Biblioteca Universitaria

Ita
RBA
Rome
Biblioteca Angelica

Ita
RBAV
Rome
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana

Ita
RBNCVE
Rome
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Vittorio
Emanuele

Ita
RBUA
Rome
Biblioteca Universitaria Alessandrina

Ita
RBVa
Rome
Biblioteca Vallicelliana

Ita
RiBCG
Rimini
Biblioteca Civica Gambalunga

Ita
RIHSJ
Rome
Biblioteca Curia, Institutum
Historicum Societatis Jesu

Ita
SUC
Sardinia
Universitá di Cagliari

Ita
TBR
Turin
Biblioteca Reale

Italy,

continued

Ita
VBNM
Venice
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana

Ita
VeBC
Verona
Biblioteca Civica

Japan

Jap
TKU
Tokyo
Keio University

Lithuania

Lit
VUB
Vilnius
University Library

Netherlands

Net
ARPK
Amsterdam
Rijks Prenten Kabinet

Net
AUB
Amsterdam
Universiteitsbibliotheek

Net
AVUB
Amsterdam
Vrije Universiteit Bibliotheek

Net
DStB
Deventer
Stads- of Athenaeum Bibliotheek

Net
GUB
Groningen
Rijksuniversiteitsbibliotheek

Net
LUB
Leiden
Rijksuniversiteitsbibliotheek

Net
LwPB
Leeuwarden
Gemeentemuseum Het Prinsesse Hof
(Provinciale Bibliotheek)

Net
MdZB
Middelburg
Zeeuwse Bibliotheek

Net
NKUB
Nijmegen
Katholieke Universiteit Bibliotheek

Net
RGB
Rotterdam
Gemeente Bibliotheek

Net
THKB
The Hague
Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Net
THKH
The Hague
Koninklijke Huisarchief

Net
THKI
The Hague
Kunsthistorisch Institut

Net
THMMW
The Hague
Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum

Net
UKI
Utrecht
Kunsthistorisch Institut der
Rijksuniversiteit

Net
UUB
Utrecht
Rijksuniversiteitsbibliotheek

Poland

Pol
CBCz
Cracow
Biblioteka Czartoryskich

Pol
CBJ
Cracow
Biblioteka Jagiellonska

Pol
GBPAN
Gdansk
Biblioteka PAN

Pol
KiBM
Kielce
Biblioteka Miejska (Municipal
Library)

Pol
KóBPAN
Kórnik
Biblioteka Kornicka PAN

Pol
LBUMCS
Lublin
Biblioteka Uniwesrytetu im. Marii
Curie-Skłodowskie

Pol
LWBL
Lublin
Wojewodzka Biblioteka im.
Łopacińskiego

Pol
NMBZK
Nowe Miasto
Biblioteka Zakonu Kapucynow

Poland,

continued

Pol
PBGUM
Poznań
Biblioteka Glówna, Uniwersyteto im.
A. Mickiewicza

Pol
SzWMBP
Szczecin
Wojewodzka i Miejska Biblioteka
Publiczna (City Public Library)

Pol
TUB
Torun
Uniwersytecka Biblioteka

Pol
WBN
Warsaw
Biblioteka Narodowa (National
Library)

Pol
WBSem
Warsaw
Biblioteka Seminarium Duchownego
(Seminar Library)

Pol
WrBZNO
Wroclaw
Biblioteka Zakladu Narodowego im
Osslinskich

Pol
WrUB
Wroclaw
Uniwersytecka Biblioteka

Pol
WUB
Warsaw
Uniwersytecka Biblioteka

Portugal

Por
LiBN
Lisbon
Biblioteca National

Por
PBPM
Oporto
Biblioteca Publica Municipal do Porto

Por
PBU
Oporto
Biblioteca Universidade do Porto

Romania

Rom
SiBJ
Sibiu
Biblioteca Judeteana ‘Astra’

Russia

Rus
KnUB
Kaliningrad
Universyetskaya Bibliotyeka

Slovenia

Slo
BUP
Bmo
Univerzita J.E. Purkyně

Spain

Spa
CoBPP
Córdoba
Biblioteca Pública Provincial

Spa
EscRB
El Escorial
Real Biblioteca de San Lorenzo

Spa
HBPdE
Huesca
Biblioteca Pública del Estado

Spa
LBP
León
Biblioteca Provincial de León

Spa
MBN
Madrid
Biblioteca Nacional

Spa
PdMBP
Palma de Mallorca
Biblioteca Pública

Spa
SalU
Salamanca
Universidad de Salamanca

Spa
SarU
Saragossa
Universidad de Zaragoza

Spa
SdCUS
Santiago de
Compostela
Universidad de Santiago

Spa
TBPP
Toledo
Biblioteca Pública Provincial

Spa
VaBM
Valencia
Biblioteca Municipal

Switzerland

Swi
BnStUB
Bern
Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek

Swi
BOEBU
Basel
Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität
Basel

Swi
EinKB
Einsiedeln
Klosterbibliothek

Swi
GBPU
Geneva
Bibliothèque Publique et Universitaire

Swi
LBCU
Lausanne
Bibliothèque Cantonale et
Universitaire

Swi
LuZB
Lucerne
Zentralbibliothek

Swi
SchStB
Schaffhausen
Stadtbibliothek

Swi
WStB
Winterthur
Stadtbibliothek

United Kingdom

UKi
BL
London
British Library

UKi
CCaiC
Cambridge
Gonville and Caius College

UKi
CCCC
Cambridge
Corpus Christi College

UKi
CClC
Cambridge
Clare College

UKi
CEC
Cambridge
Emmanuel College

UKi
CFM
Cambridge
Fitzwilliam Museum

UKi
CJC
Cambridge
Jesus College

UKi
CKC
Cambridge
King’s College

UKi
CLCCant
Canterbury
Cathedral Library

UKi
CLCCarl
Carlisle
Cathedral Library

UKi
CLCChe
Chester
Cathedral Library

UKi
CLCChi
Chichester
Cathedral Library

UKi
CLCDur
Durham
Cathedral Library

UKi
CLCEly
Ely
Cathedral Library

UKi
CLCEx
Exeter
Cathedral Library

UKi
CLCHer
Hereford
Cathedral Library

UKi
CLCLinc
Lincoln
Cathedral Library

UKi
CLCNor
Norwich
Cathedral Library

UKi
CLCRip
Ripon
Cathedral Library

UKi
CLCRoch
Rochester
Cathedral Library

UKi
CLCSal
Salisbury
Cathedral Library

UKi
CLCSPl
London
St Paul’s Cathedral Library

UKi
CLCWin
Winchester
Cathedral Library

UKi
CLCWor
Worcester
Cathedral Library

UKi
CMC
Cambridge
Magdalene College

UKi
CP
Cambridge
Peterhouse

UKi
CPemC
Cambridge
Pembroke College

UKi
CQCOL
Cambridge
Queen’s College Old Library

UKi
CSJC
Cambridge
St John’s College

UKi
CTC
Cambridge
Trinity College

United Kingdom

, continued

UKi
CU
Cambridge
University Library

UKi
ENLS
Edinburgh
National Library of Scotland

UKi
EU
Edinburgh
Edinburgh University

UKi
GU
Glasgow
Glasgow University

UKi
LVAM
London
Victoria and Albert Museum

UKi
LWIHM
London
Wellcome Institute for the History of
Medicine

UKi
MU
Manchester
John Rylands University Library

UKi
OASC
Oxford
All Souls College

UKi
OB
Oxford
Bodleian Library

UKi
OBC
Oxford
Balliol College

UKi
OBNC
Oxford
Brasenose College

UKi
OCCC
Oxford
Corpus Christi College

UKi
OChCh
Oxford
Christ Church

UKi
OHA
Oxford
History of Art Department, University
of Oxford

UKi
OHC
Oxford
Hertford College

UKi
OJC
Oxford
Jesus College

UKi
OLC
Oxford
Lincoln College Library

UKi
OMC
Oxford
Magdalen College

UKi
OMeC
Oxford
Merton College

UKi
OMHS
Oxford
Museum of the History of Science,
University of Oxford

UKi
OOC
Oxford
Oriel College

UKi
OPuH
Oxford
Pusey House

UKi
OQC
Oxford
The Queen’s College

UKi
OSJC
Oxford
St John’s College

UKi
OTC
Oxford
Trinity College

UKi
OTI
Oxford
Taylor Institution

UKi
OWaC
Oxford
Wadham College

UKi
OWC
Oxford
Worcester College

United States of America

USA
AzTes
Tempe
Arizona State University

USA
AzU
Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona

USA
C
Sacramento
California State Library

USA
C-S
San Francisco, CA
California State Library, Sutro Branch

USA
CLSU
Los Angeles, CA
University of Southern California

USA
CLU
Los Angeles, CA
University of California, Los
Angeles, Main Library

United States of America

, continued

USA
CLU-C
Los Angeles, CA
University of California, Los
Angeles, William Andrews Clark
Memorial Library

USA
CMALG
Malibu, CA
Getty

USA
CoCA
Colorado Springs, CO
United States Air Force Academy

USA
COMC
Oakland, CA
Mills College

USA
CoU
Boulder, CO
University of Colorado

USA
CSfU
San Francisco, CA
University of San Francisco

USA
CSmH
San Marino, CA
Henry E. Huntington Library

USA
CSt
Stanford, CA
Stanford University

USA
CtY
New Haven, CT
Yale University

USA
CU
Berkeley, CA
University of California, Berkeley,
Main Library

USA
CU-BANC
Berkeley, CA
University of California, Berkeley,
Bancroft Library

USA
CU-S
La Jolla, CA
University of California, San Diego,
Main Library

USA
DCU
Washington, DC
Catholic University of America

USA
DeU
Newark, DE
University of Delaware

USA
DFo
Washington, DC
Folger Shakespeare Library

USA
DGU
Washington, DC
Georgetown University

USA
DLC
Washington, DC
United States Library of Congress

USA
DNGA
Washington, DC
National Gallery of Art

USA
FMU
Coral Gables, FL
University of Miami

USA
FTaSU
Tallahassee, FL
Florida State University

USA
FU
Gainsville, FL
University of Florida

USA
GEU
Atlanta, GA
Emory University

USA
IaU
Iowa City, IA
University of Iowa

USA
ICA
Chicago, IL
Art Institute of Chicago

USA
ICL
Chicago, IL
Loyola University

USA
ICN
Chicago, IL
Newberry Library

USA
ICU
Chicago, IL
University of Chicago

USA
IEN
Evanston, IL
Northwestern University

USA
IMunS
Mundelein, IL
St Mary of the Lake Seminary

USA
InU
Bloomington, IN
Indiana University

USA
IU
Urbana, IL
University of Illinois

USA
KU
Lawrence, KS
University of Kansas

USA
KyU
Lexington, KY
University of Kentucky

USA
LU
Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana State University

USA
MA
Amherst, MA
Amherst College

USA
MB
Boston, MA
Boston Public Library

USA
MBAt
Boston, MA
Boston Athenaeum

United States of America

, continued

USA
MBMu
Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts

USA
MBU
Boston, MA
Boston University

USA
MCM
Cambridge, MA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

USA
MdBJ
Baltimore, MD
Johns Hopkins University

USA
MdBJ-G
Baltimore, MD
Johns Hopkins University, John
Work Garrett Library

USA
MdBP
Baltimore, MD
Enoch Pratt Free Library, George
Peabody Branch

USA
MdU
College Park, MD
University of Maryland

USA
MH
Cambridge, MA
Harvard University

USA
MHi
Boston, MA
Massachusetts Historical Society

USA
MiU
Ann Arbor, MI
University of Michigan

USA
MnU
Minneapolis, MN
University of Minnesota

USA
MoSU
St. Louis, MO
Saint Louis University

USA
MoSU-D
St. Louis, MO
Saint Louis University, School of Divinity

USA
MoU
Columbia, MO
University of Missouri

USA
MShM
South Hadley, MA
Mount Holyoke College

USA
MsSM
State College, MS
Mississippi State University

USA
MWelC
Wellesley, MA
Wellesley College

USA
MWH
Worcester, MA
College of the Holy Cross

USA
MWiW-C
Williamston, MA
Williams College, Chapin Library

USA
N
Albany, NY
New York State Library

USA
NB
Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Public Library

USA
NBiSU
Binghampton, NY
New York State University

USA
NbU
Lincoln, NE
University of Nebraska

USA
NBu
Buffalo, NY
Buffalo and Erie County Public
Library

USA
NBuG
Buffalo, NY
Buffalo and Erie County Public
Library, Grosvenor Reference
Division,

USA
NcD
Durham, NC
Duke University

USA
NCH
Clinton, NY
Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges

USA
NcU
Chapel Hill, NC
University of North Carolina

USA
NhD
Hanover, NH
Dartmouth College

USA
NHi
New York, NY
New York Historical Society

USA
NIC
Ithaca, NY
Cornell University

USA
NjNbS
New Brunswick, NJ
New Brunswick Theological Seminary

USA
NjP
Princeton, NJ
Princeton University

USA
NN
New York, NY
New York Public Library

USA
NNC
New York, NY
Columbia University

USA
NNF
New York, NY
Fordham University

United States of America

, continued

USA
NNH
New York, NY
Hispanic Society of America

USA
NNMM
New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art

USA
NNPM
New York, NY
Pierpont Morgan Library

USA
NNU
New York, NY
New York University

USA
NNUT
New York, NY
Union Theological Seminary

USA
NPV
Poughkeepsie, NY
Vassar College

USA
NRU
Rochester, NY
University of Rochester

USA
NSyU
Syracuse, NY
Syracuse University

USA
OCl
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Public Library

USA
OClW
Cleveland, OH
Case Western Reserve University

USA
OCU
Cincinnati, OH
University of Cincinnati

USA
ODaStL
Dayton, OH
Saint Leonard College

USA
OO
Oberlin, OH
Oberlin College

USA
OrU
Eugene, OR
University of Oregon

USA
OU
Columbus, OH
Ohio State University

USA
PBL
Bethlehem, PA
Lehigh University

USA
PBm
Bryn Mawr, PA
Bryn Mawr College

USA
PCarlD
Carlisle, PA
Dickinson College

USA
PP
Philadelphia, PA
Free Library of Philadelphia

USA
PPAmP
Philadelphia, PA
American Philosophical Society

USA
PPAN
Philadelphia, PA
Academy of Natural Sciences of
Philadelphia

USA
PPDrop
Philadelphia, PA
Dropsie University

USA
PPL
Philadelphia, PA
Library Company of Philadelphia

USA
PPLT
Philadelphia, PA
Lutheran Theological Seminary

USA
PPRF
Philadelphia, PA
Rosenbach Foundation

USA
PPT
Philadelphia, PA
Temple University

USA
PPULC
Philadelphia, PA
Union Library Catalogue of
Pennsylvania

USA
PSt
University Park, PA
Pennsylvania State University

USA
PU
Philadelphia, PA
University of Pennsylvania

USA
PV
Villanova, PA
Villanova University

USA
RPB
Providence, RI
Brown University

USA
TxHU
Houston, TX
University of Houston

USA
TxU
Austin, TX
University of Texas

USA
ViU
Charlottesville, VA
University of Virginia

USA
WaU
Seattle, WA
Washington State University

USA
WMM
Milwaukee, WI
Marquette University

USA
WU
Madison, WI
University of Wisconsin

Introduction

The question of what constitutes an ‘emblem book’ is vexed. Equally vexed is the question of what constitutes ‘France’ and how one defines ‘French’ at the historical period we are dealing with. Our definitions are necesssarily to some extent pragmatic. The period is perhaps easiest to deal with first : in broad terms we are considering the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries : we do not describe any work demonstrably printed after the end of 1700.

We take France to include the area currently within the frontiers of modern France, including Metz (whose status changed during the period in question) but excluding Strasbourg, where printing in the period concerned has a distinctly German orientation We take ‘French’ to mean all books in whatever language, printed or sold within the confines outlined above, and books written in French, or including ‘emblematic’ texts in French, wherever printed. For our purposes, the boundaries of ‘France’ are extended to include Brussels and Geneva for works in French and Latin. French-speaking towns now in modern Belgium are included. A specific exclusion, outwith the places discussed above, is Antwerp : obviously works published in Antwerp which are written in French or include French texts are included, but other works published in Antwerp are not. This inevitably has some unfortunate effects on our treatment of the bibliography of Alciato, and to a lesser extent, of Paradin.

1

Some categories of ‘emblem book’ are easy to define, but others less so. For the purpose of this bibliography, we take emblem books to be not only those which announce themselves as containing ‘emblemes’ or ‘devises’, but also many others whose structure or

modus operandi

is ‘emblematic’ in the sense of juxtaposing visual and textual material to express a message. Following conventions established by earlier bibliographers and scholars, however, we exclude works which define themselves in other more narrow categories, such as the ‘blason’ or historiated biblical works. On the other hand we have found it useful to include works of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries which adopt a theoretical or encyclopaedic approach related to emblems, such as those of Horapollo, Cartari, Valeriano Bolzani, and Bouhours.

Our criteria for inclusion are ‘permanence’ and/or ‘substance’. We have sought to establish whether the intention of the publication was to provide a permanent intellectual or artistic record of an emblematic manifestation, as opposed to an ephemeral record. Thus

Les plaisirs de l’isle enchantée

, while dealing with a single artistic event remains in the bibliography, since the record it provides is permament because substantial, and lavish in its illustration. By contrast, unillustrated 2-leaf records of royal fireworks with no illustrations, and minimal descriptions of the devices used, are rejected as ephemeral. More problematic are descriptions of royal entries, ‘carrousels’

et caetera

with substantial emblematic programmes described in detail, and with some illustration. Thus Valladier’s

Labyrinthe royal

clearly remains, while the description of the fireworks at Valenciennes remain because of the level of illustration, and the two substantial descriptions of the ‘Carrousel des galans maures’ of 1685 are included on the grounds of their unusually full treatment. Ephemeral works are easier to define– thus 1-leaf ‘devises’ are excluded as are other insubstantial pamphlets.

2

* * *

The structure of the entries in this bibliography follows essentially that laid down in the

Jesuit Series

of the ‘Corpus Librorum Emblematum’.

3

However, an important distinction must be made between that series and this, in that we have here sought to identify editions, and within editions, issues and states. It is helpful to reproduce the classic definitions elaborated by Fredson Bowers : ‘An

Edition

is the whole number of copies of a book printed at any time or times from substantially the same setting of type pages.…

Edition

thus includes all

issues

and

variant states

existing within its basic type setting… An

Issue

is the whole number of copies of a form of a book put on sale at any time or times as a consciously planned printed unit… In its narrowest sense

State

is synonymous with

Variant…

In its broadest sense

State

covers all alterations to a book… where no change is made to the original title page by cancellation.’

4

By and large, the

Jesuit Series

has listed imprints rather than seeking to identify editions in this strict sense.

It is our strongly held view that a descriptive bibliography of this nature should deal with editions as the staple unit. It is the edition, in the sense defined above, which best represents the circumstances surrounding the original publication of the book, and which also provides the most solid basis against which to measure the incidence and effects of variation, especially when re-issue is concerned, often after the passage of a considerable period of time. Perhaps the most striking justification of our approach is provided by the identification of two editions of Otto van Veen’s

Amorum emblemata

from 1608, sheets of which were still being reissued 107 years later in 1715. Less spectacular are the variant states of the Rouille / Bonhomme editions of Alciato, but it is nonetheless important to establish that these are constituent parts of one edition, the unit in which it proved commercially sensible for the two partners to invest.

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