Nucleus emblematum selectissimorum : quae Itali vulgo impresas vocant : priuata industria, studio singulari, vndiq[ue] conquisitus, non paucis venustis inuentionibus auctus, additis carminib[us] illustratus /

Engraved text by Crispin de Passe the Elder.Main t.p., port. of Rollenhagen (p. [3]), and the 100 emblematic ill. were engraved by Crispijn de Passe the Elder; see Landwehr. The emblems are circular, with Latin motto around the perimeter and explanatory Latin couplet (occasionally four lines) engraved beneath. A few mottos and couplets are in French, Greek or Italian.Date of publication taken from added t.p.Added t.p., p. [17]: Les emblemes de Maistre Gabriel Rollenhague / mis en vers francois par vn professeur de la langue françoise a Colongne. Coloniae : Excudebat Seruatius Erffens : Prostant apud Ioannem Iansonium bibliopolam Arnheimensem, anno MDCXI [1611]. The added t.p. is followed by translations of the emblems in French verse, p. [20]-[48]. This section does not occur in all copies; see Landwehr.Landwehr, J. German emblem books,Mode of access: Internet.Centered on front pastedown is gilt-tooled red morocco bookplate of the Huth library. John Landwehr's label at lower left corner.Binding: red morocco, signed at foot of inside front cover: F. Bedford (Francis Bedford, 1799-1883). Boards tooled in gilt & black with double frames, fleurons at corners of the inner. Spine tooled in gilt, including author, title & imprint. Edges of boards and turn-ins tooled with gilt fillets, page edges gilt.Getty copy bound with the continuation of the present work: Gabrielis Rollenhagii Selectorum emblematum centuria secunda (Utrecht : Crispijn van de Passe, 1613)