The art of making devises : treating of hieroglyphicks, symboles, emblemes, ænigma's, reverses of medals, anagrams, cyphres and rebus. With a catalogue of the cornet-devises on both sides in the late warres, and those of the Scots taken at the great battails of Dunbar and Preston. The second edition with additions, embellished with divers brasse-figures. By T.B. Gent.

  • Estienne, Henry, sieur des Fossez
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1655
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Art de faire des devises. English
Art de faire des devises.

Publication/Creation

London : printed for Hen: Herringman at the Anchor in the New Exchange, 1655.

Physical description

14 unnumbered pages, 94, pages, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations

Notes

An English translation, by Thomas Blount, of: Estienne, Henri. Art de faire des devises.
With an added engraved title page: 'Done into English by Tho. Blount Gent: 1648'.
Reproduction of original in the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library.

References note

Wing (2nd ed.) E3352A.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1907:8) s1999 miun s

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