PARADIN, Claude and Gabriel SYMEON.
Symbola heroica. M. Claudii Paradini, beliiocensis canonici et D. Gabrielis Symeonis. Multo, quàm antea, fideliùs de Gallica lingua in Latinam conversa.
Antwerp, Christophe Plantin, 1583. 12mo. With 216 woodcut illustrations in text, namely 179 for Paradin and 37 for Simeon. 19th-century gold-tooled red morocco, gilt edges; bound by Thompson. 319, [1 blank] pp.
€ 3,500
Fourth edition (third edition printed by Plantin) of the Latin translation of the emblem books by Claude Paradin (1510-1573) and Gabriel Symeon (1509-1575). "The generalist collections of devices of Paradin and Simeoni, for example, which were first published in the 1550's, enjoyed enduring popularity throughout the second half of the sixteenth century, and this lasted well into the seventeenth century also ..." (Saunders). Paradin and Symeon each published a very popular emblem book, both written in French, which Plantin combined and published in both the original French and in Latin translation. The present edition was translated by Johannes Gubernator. Each woodcut is accompanied by a motto, followed by an explanation.
With a small restoration to the foot of the title-page and some spots to the title-page and last blank, otherwise in good condition. Binding with some minor wear along the extremities, but otherwise very good. Landwehr, Emblem books Low Countries 470; Praz, p. 445; Voet 1954.
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