1566

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Source:

Title: Emblemata et aliquot nummi antiqui operis.
Author: János Zsámboky (Johannes Sambucus)
Printer: ex officina Christophe Plantin
Illustrator: Pieter van der Borcht
Engraver: Cornelis Muller
Location: Antwerpen
Year: 1566.
Links: [Scan], [Scan 2], [USTC].

Comments:

The Latin edition was first published in 1564, and reprinted in 1566, 1569, 1576, 1584. This first edition did not include the woodcut of the rolling press [Scan]. It was used in the second edition in 1566.
A Dutch edition ‘Emblemata in Nederlantsche tale ghetrouwelick overgheset.’ was translated by Marcus Antonius Gillis of van Diest and was published in 1566 [USTC].
A French edition, translated by Jacques Grévin was printed in the same year, but has 1567 on its title page.
This woodblock is kept in the Plantin Moretus Museum in Antwerp, Belgium. (object number: MPM.HB.01637)

Technique:

Woodcut.

Publications

Voet, Leon and Persoons, Guido (1980) ‘De Emblemata van Joannes Sambucus uitgegeven door de Officina Plantiniana Deel 1: Reproductie van de Latijnse editie van 1564 en van de tekst van de Nederlandse vertaling van 1566 en van de Franse vertaling van 1567.’ De Gulden Passser, 58-59, pp 5-16. [PDF]

Rooses, M. (1904) ‘De Plantijnsche uitgaven van ‘Emblemata Joannis Sambuci’.’ Tijdschrift voor Boek- en Bibliotheekwezen 2, pp. 7-21.

Stijnman, Ad (2010) ‘Stradanus’s print shop.’ Print Quarterly Publications, volume 27, no 1 (March 2010), pp 11-29. (see Appendix 1: ‘An intaglio printshop of 1566’, pp. 25–27, figures 18 and 19.)

Stijnman, Ad (2012) Engraving and Etching 1400-2000. A History of the Development of Manual Intaglio Printmaking Processes, Archetype Publications Ltd. (figure 227).