Emblemata : symbolic literature of the Renaissance : from the collection of Robin Raybould.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raybould, Robin, author.

Contributor:

Kelly, Jerry, 1955- book designer.

Grolier Club, publisher, host institution.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emblem books--Bibliography--Catalogs.

Emblem books.

Illustrated books--History--15th and 16th centuries.

Illustrated books.

Emblems in literature.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Catalogs.

History.

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Quarto.

Mohawk (paper).

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[vi], 137, [1] pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Grolier Club, 2009.

Summary:

Emblemata: Symbolic Literature of the Renaissance shows the different genres of symbolic literature from the late European Renaissance as they were categorized by contemporary writers and theorists. There is a focus on emblem books, the most extensive type of this literature, and examples are illustrated from the 16th century up to modern times. Until the 17th century, European culture was dominated by an obsession with symbol and allegory which was seen as a universal medium for the approach to God, for the investigation of the natural world, for the interpretation of the Scriptures and for a guide to moral conduct. With the invention of the printing press, this obsession was translated into a vast literature of symbolism of which the book presents just a small sample.

Contents:

Introduction

Origins of Western literary symbolism

The symbolic species

The book of nature

Emblem books. Sixteenth-seventeenth centuries ; Devotional emblem books ; Eighteenth century ; Nineteenth century ; Twentieth century

Treatises

Devices

Hieroglyphs

Apophthegms

Dreams

Epigrams

Fables

Mythologies

Metamorphoses

Proverbs

Satires

Inscriptions

Iconologies

Prophesies

Symbols

Dances of death

Jokes.

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Grolier Club, September 10-November 6, 2009.

Copyright 2009 Robin Raybould -- verso of title page.

"Set in Quarto types of the Nonpareil Typefoundry. Printed on Mohawk laid paper. Designed by Jerry Kelly."--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-136) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018.

ISBN:

9781605830230

1605830232

OCLC:

311768606