Silenus Alcibiadis, sive, Proteus :
vitae humanae ideam, emblemate trifariàm variato, oculis subijciens.

Description

Main Author

Cats, Jacob, 1577-1660.

Related Names

Swelinck, Jan Gerrits, b. ca. 1601.
Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de, 1589-1662.
Schillemans, Frans, b. 1575.

Language(s)

Latin ; Dutch ; French

Published

Middelburgi : Ex officina typographica Iohannis Hellenij, anno 1618.

Subjects

Emblems > Emblems / Early works to 1800.
Engravings > Engravings / Netherlands > Engravings / Netherlands / 17th century.
Emblems (allegorical pictures) > Emblems (allegorical pictures) / Netherlands > Emblems (allegorical pictures) / Netherlands / 17th century.
Emblem books > Emblem books / Netherlands > Emblem books / Netherlands / 17th century.

Note

Each pt. has added engraved t.p. by F. Schillemans after A. van de Venne. The 51 emblematic ill. in pt. 1 are probably by Jan Swelinck; see Landwehr. Pt. 2 has a double-page plate illustrating children's games. Woodcut t.p. vignettes, head- and tail-pieces, initials.
Pts. 2-3 have title: Sileni Alcibiadis sive Proteos pars secunda[-tertia].
Second ed. Pts. 2-3 have added explanatory texts in Latin and Dutch, and lack the additional impressions of the emblematic ill. which occur in the 1st ed. See Landwehr.

Physical Description

3 pts. ([40], 120; 111, [1]; 107, [5] p., [2] leaves of plates) : ill. ; 24 cm. (4to)

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