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Emblemes divers, representez dans cent quarante figures en taille-douce : Enrichis de discours moraux, philosophiques, politiques, et hystoriques ... Où il est traité de la science des roys, princes, ministres d'estats, et generaux d'armées

Baudoin, Jean, 1590?-1650, Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595. Du poëme heroique · 1659 · Paris : J.B. Loyson · 196 pictures

Emblemes divers is a 1659 Paris emblem book published by J.B. Loyson, compiled by Jean Baudoin with moral and political commentary aimed at princes, royal ministers and army generals. The four pictures here are woodcut decorative initials and ornamental headpieces built from leaves, flowers, urns, and garlands, with bold black silhouettes on a cream ground that a designer could borrow for initials, borders, and vignettes.

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