Two Editions of 51 Emblems -“Vis, et decor omnibus in uno”

Today I describe two editions of Vanossi’s Idea Sapientis Theo-politici 1525 & 1528. These two remarkably rare issues preserve two distinct forms of the same Jesuit emblematic work and, together, demonstrate its transformation from a published treatise into a text … Continue reading Two Editions of 51 Emblems -“Vis, et decor omnibus in uno”