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Emblemata.- Lebey de Batilly (Denis) Emblemata , fine engraved architectural title and 57 (of 63) emblems by Theodor de Bry after Jean-Jacques Boissard woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking sigs. Q and R, upper margin of title neatly trimmed away, some spotting and finger-marking, a few small stains, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, later black stamped religious centre-pieces, corner-pieces and double filet borders, lacking ties, hole to centre of spine, lightly soiled, [Not in Adams; Landwehr, German, 399; Praz pp.278-279; Stirling Maxwell 1016], small 4to, Frankfurt, [Theodor de Bry] , 1596. ⁂ The rare first and only illustrated edition, originally published in 1579 without illustrations.