Dialogue des devises d'armes et d'amovrs du S. Pavlo Iovio : avec un discours M. Loys Dominique sur le mesme subiet

Giovio, Paolo, 1483-1552, Philieul, Vasquin, 1522-ca. 1582, Domenichi, Lodovico, 1515-1564. Ragionamento. French, Simeoni, Gabriele, 1509-1575. Imprese heroiche et morali. French · 1561 · A Lyon : Par Gvillavme Roville · 144 pictures

A French translation of Paolo Giovio's treatise on military and amorous devices, with added discourses by Lodovico Domenichi and Gabriele Simeoni, printed at Lyon by Guillaume Rouillé in 1561 for courtiers and heralds. Each page holds a woodcut impresa in an oval frame with looping motto scrolls, set in grotesque borders of satyrs, sphinxes, candelabra and foliate scrollwork.

Emblems · Devices (Heraldry) · Mottoes

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