Science hieroglyphique, ou explication des figures symboliques des anciens, avec differentes devises historiques; Ouvrage utile aux peintres, aux statuaires, aux graveurs, & aux amateurs des arts qui ont rapport au dessin.

La Feuille, Daniel de (1640-1709):

Published by Hague, 1746

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Half-vellum, 4to [202 x 159 mm]. 128 [8] pp. With 45 engravings. Exiled in the Netherlands at the end of the 17th century, Daniel la Feuille became a watchmaker in Amsterdam and later specialized in emblematic material, coats of arms and allegorical illustrations. This emblem book lists symbols alphabetically, accompanied by their respective explanations and emblems. All emblems are of a round-shape - which can testify to the author's formation as watchmaker - and are dedicated to the use of artists and engravers, as well as art lovers; they were also meant to spread moral teachings among readers. Commonly-known symbols and values such as friendship, authority, art, nobility are listed, as well as emblems for continents, illustrations for different French sayings, emblems for branches of science or professions (hydrography, agriculture), for types of literary texts, etc. The final part of the book is dedicated to the English queen Mary II, whose birth, life and death are granted sets of allegorical illustrations, presided by Latin sayings. Bibliography: Alison Adams, Stephen Rawles, Alison Saunders - A Bibliography of French Emblem Books of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2. Geneve, 1999 (online). Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1550. Seller Inventory # 193192

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Title: Science hieroglyphique, ou explication des ...

Publisher: Hague

Publication Date: 1746

Edition: 1st Edition