
Usually known simply as the `Emblemata`, the first emblem book appeared in Augsburg (Germany) in 1531 under the title Viri Clarissimi D. Andreae Alciati Iurisconsultiss. Mediol. Ad D. Chonradum Peutingerum Augustanum, Iurisconsultum Emblematum Liber. Produced by the publisher Heinrich Steyner, the unauthorized first print edition was compiled fr.....
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(from the article `emblem book`) The father of emblem literature was the 16th-century Italian lawyer and humanist Andrea Alciato, with the Emblemata (Latin; 1531), which appeared in ...
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