Alciati's Emblems


 
Emblematum Libellus, 1546
Venice, Aldus

1546
 
 
Emblemata, 1550
Lyons, M. Bonhomme

1550
It then appears in this edition with a different graphic and again in 1551.
 
Emblematum libri, 1556
Lyons, Jean de Tournes

1556
In this edition it appears without a graphic, just text.

 

 

 
Toutes les Emblemes, 1558
Lyons, M. Bonhomme

1558
In this edition it appears with the identical graphic in 1550 and 1551 but under a different motto.
 
Liber Emblematum, 1566-67
Frankfurt am Main, Kunstbach

1566-7
In this edition it appears with no graphic only text.
 
Emblemata, 1584
Paris, Jean Richer

1584
In this edition it appears with the Masonic Pillars. Two years later, 1586, it appears in Whitney's "Choice of Emblems."
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