The book of fortune : two hundred unpublished drawings

Cousin, Jehan, ca. 1522-ca. 1593, Anlezy, Imbert d', 16th century, Lalanne, Ludovic, 1815-1898 · 1883 · Paris ; London : Librairie de l'art · 231 pictures

A facsimile edition of Le Livre de Fortune, two hundred sixteenth-century emblem drawings attributed to Jean Cousin, edited by Ludovic Lalanne from the Imbert d'Anlezy manuscript and issued by Librairie de l'art in Paris and London in 1883, for collectors and antiquarians. Outline reproductions show strapwork cartouches with blank centres, Latin mottoes on ribbons, and small inset scenes of ships, keys, flowers and reclining river gods, usable as ready-made frames and label plates.

Fortuna (Roman deity) · Emblems

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