Les images ou Tableaus de platte peinture […], mis en françois par Blaise de Vigenere Bourb., auec des arguments et annotations sur chacun diceux. Edition nouuelle, reueue, corrigée et augmentée de beaucoup par le translateur.

4to: [52]-998-[58] pp. (toned and spotted, engr. title cut short, tear in SSS1 and OOOo1).

Old leather, richly gilt spine with raised bands, gilt inside dentelles, green silk marker (rubbed, front joint split, head and tail def.). Good copy.

"Imagines" are two works in Ancient Greek by two authors, both known as Philostratus, describing and explaining various artworks. The first of these consists of two books (one consisting with 31 and one with 34 chapters), generally attributed to Philostratus of Lemnos, or possibly to his more famous father-in-law Philostratus of Athens. It describes 65 works of art seen by Philostratus in Naples. The entire work is framed in terms of explaining art, its symbols and meaning, to a young audience. The second one (consisting of 17 chapters) is by the grandson of Philostratus of Lemnos, known as Philostratus the Younger. This is the 1602 repr. of the 2nd ed. (1597; 1st 1578) of the enlarged French translation by Blaise de Vigenère (1523-1596). Engr. title and 2 sm. text engravings.
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