Symbolorum et emblematum ex animalibus quadrupedibus desumtorum centuria altera collecta a Joachimo camerario medico Norimberg. Exponuntur in hoc libro rariores tum animalium proprietes tum historiae ac sententiae memorabiles.

Camerarius, Joachim

Published by Nuremberg: Paul Kaufmann, 1595

About this Item

First edition prior to collected editions printed from 1605 onward. Nuremberg: P. Kaufmann, 1595. Early 20th-century tan calf, all edges gilt, maroon morocco spine label. (19.5 x 14 cm); 116 ff.; Illustrated with engraved title-page and 100 engraved circular emblems by Hans Sibmacher or Hans Schroder. Binding with some wear, some very light marginal staining, front fly leaf and first quire separating at foot but still attached. Else, a very good+ and extremely handsome copy of the first edition of Camerarius s emblem book on quadrupeds. A charming and highly influential emblem book on quadrupeds, both real and fantastical, compiled by the renowned botanist, Joachim Camerarius. This is the second of a four-part series of emblem books on natural subjects by him, published separately between 1590-1604, the others depicting ornithological and botanical subjects. These works are notable because they are the first to treat natural history in emblematic form. Each emblem is accompanied by explanatory texts influenced by the hieroglyphic studies of the Renaissance coupled with Camerarius' understanding of nature based on Pliny and other classical authors. The physician Joachim Camerarius (1534-1598) cultivated a large botanical garden in Nuremberg and many of the specimens which are represented in his botanical emblem books are taken from plants that he had grown. Earl of Mexborough copy with his bookplate on the front paste-down; bookplate (by Marie Angel?) initialed "DP" on the front fly-leaf. Adams C-448, Faber du Faur 668. Landwehr, German 166. Nissen ZBI 792. Praz p. 295. Seller Inventory # ABE-1723164364104

Bibliographic Details

Title: Symbolorum et emblematum ex animalibus ...

Publisher: Nuremberg: Paul Kaufmann

Publication Date: 1595

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition