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Book/Printed Material Symbola et emblemata Half title: Symbola et emblemata selecta / Sẏmvoly i emblemata / Simvoly i emblemata / Publication statement from engraved title page: Īmperatora Moskovskago, Velikagō G[oro]dę T︠S︡[a]rę i Velikagō Knęzę Petra Alek︠s︡i︠e︡evicha ... napechatany / Publication statement from engraved title page: Imperatora Moskovskago, Velikago G[oro]da T︠S︡[a]ri︠a︡ i Velikago Kni︠a︡zi︠a︡ Petra Aleksi︠e︡evicha ... napechatany

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Title

  • Symbola et emblemata

Other Title

  • Half title: Symbola et emblemata selecta
  • Sẏmvoly i emblemata
  • Simvoly i emblemata
  • Publication statement from engraved title page: Īmperatora Moskovskago, Velikagō G[oro]dę T︠S︡[a]rę i Velikagō Knęzę Petra Alek︠s︡i︠e︡evicha ... napechatany
  • Publication statement from engraved title page: Imperatora Moskovskago, Velikago G[oro]da T︠S︡[a]ri︠a︡ i Velikago Kni︠a︡zi︠a︡ Petra Aleksi︠e︡evicha ... napechatany

Names

  • La Feuille, Daniel de.
  • Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725.
  • Wetstein, Henricus, printer.
  • Shibanov, P. (Pavel), 1864-1935, bookseller.
  • Yudin Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Amstelaedami : Apud Henricum Wetstenium, anno 1705.

Headings

  • -  Emblems--Early works to 1800
  • -  Netherlands--Amsterdam

Genre

  • Emblem books--Netherlands--Amsterdam
  • Emblem books--18th century

Notes

  • -  Emblem book commissioned by Peter the Great of Russia in eight languages: Russian in Church Slavic characters, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, English, and German.
  • -  Revised edition of Devises et emblèmes anciennes et modernes by Daniel de La Feuille; anonymous Russian translations of proverbs and Latin index added.
  • -  Added engraved illustrated title page by Joseph Mulder in Russian, with title "Sv̇mvoly i ėmblėmata," incorporating a portrait of Peter the Great after Sir Godfrey Kneller.
  • -  Signatures: pi² A-2N⁴ 2O².
  • -  Includes index.
  • -  For background and sources on this edition, see "Peter the Great's Emblem Book," chapter 1 in Emvlemy i simvoly, 1788 : the first Russian emblem book, ed. by A.R. Hippesley (1989), p. [xiii]-xxxii.
  • -  From the library of G.V. Yudin. LC Copy 1 has LC accession no. 104837 dated 1907 on t.p. verso and bookseller's label: Antikvarnai︠a︡ knizhnai︠a︡ torgovli︠a︡ P.V. Shibanova, Moskva.
  • -  Yudin card file project, th22 2009-06-22
  • -  From the library of G.V. Yudin. LC Copy 1 has LC accession no. 104837 dated 1907 on t.p. verso and bookseller's label: Антикварная книжная торговля П.В. Шибанова, Москва. DLC

Medium

  • [4], 281, [11] p. : ill., port. ; 19 cm. (4to)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • NK1585 .L217 1705
  • NK1585 .L217 1705 Copy 2 LC Copy 2 imperfect: engraved title lacking. Missing p. 279-[282]. Also from the library of G.V. Yudin.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 57050625

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

La Feuille, Daniel De, Emperor Of Russia Peter I, Henricus Wetstein, P Shibanov, and Yudin Collection. Symbola Et Emblemata. Amstelaedami: Apud Henricum Wetstenium, anno, 1705. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/57050625/.

APA citation style:

La Feuille, D. D., Peter I, E. O. R., Wetstein, H., Shibanov, P. & Yudin Collection. (1705) Symbola Et Emblemata. Amstelaedami: Apud Henricum Wetstenium, anno. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/57050625/.

MLA citation style:

La Feuille, Daniel De, et al. Symbola Et Emblemata. Amstelaedami: Apud Henricum Wetstenium, anno, 1705. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/57050625/>.