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Andreae Alciati Emblematum Flumen Abundans; or, Alciat's Emblems in their Full Stream. Being a Facsimile Reprint of the Lyons Edition by Bonhomme, 1551; and of Titles of similar editions 1548-1551.
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and very numerous fine full-page facsimiles in the text, neat signature on half-title and verso; original maroon cloth, boards elaborately blocked in blind and lettered in gilt, gilt back, uncut, black endpapers, backstrip moderately sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. High-quality photo-lithographic facsimile reissue, with an introduction, alphabetical list of all the Latin mottoes and general index. Very scarce.
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