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Jani de Bisschop Chorus musarum : id est, elogia, poemata, epigrammata, echo, aenigmata, ludus poeticus, ars hermetica, &c

Bisschop, Jan de, 1628-1671 · 1700 · Lugduni Batavorum : Ex officina Joh. du Vivie et Is. Severini · 2 pictures

A Latin poetry collection by Jan de Bisschop, a Dutch author (1628-1671), printed in Leiden in 1700 by the Elzevier-associated firm of Johannes du Vivie and Isaac Severinus for a learned readership. The pictures are a monogram block with the letters J and E set in white script-like flourishes on black, and a dense black-on-cream ornamental panel of scrolls, leaves and interlace, suggesting how strong ornament, monograms and framed capital letters can anchor a classical title page or bookplate design.

Latin poetry, Medieval and modern

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