The art of making devises, treating of hieroglyphicks, symboles, emblemes, ænigma's, sentences, parables, reverses of medals, armes, blazons, cimiers, cyphers and rebus. Written in French by Henry Estienne esquire, interpreter to the French King for the Latine and Greek tongues: translated into English, and embelished with divers brasse figures by T.B. of the Inner Temple, gent. Whereunto is added A catalogue of coronet-devises both on the Kings, and the Parliaments side in the late warre.

All titles

• The art of making devises, treating of hieroglyphicks, symboles, emblemes, ænigma's, sentences, parables, reverses of medals, armes, blazons, cimiers, cyphers and rebus. Written in French by Henry Estienne esquire, interpreter to the French King for the Latine and Greek tongues: translated into English, and embelished with divers brasse figures by T.B. of the Inner Temple, gent. Whereunto is added A catalogue of coronet-devises both on the Kings, and the Parliaments side in the late warre.
• Art de faire des devises. English

People / Organizations

• sieur des Fossez. Henry Estienne (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for Richard Royston, and are to be sold at the Angell in Ivie Lane, 1648.

Publication year

1648-1648

ESTC No.

R10899

Grub Street ID

59236

Description

[16], 87, [1] p., [11] leaves of plates : ill. ; 4⁰

Note

Translation by Thomas Blount of: Art de faire des devises.

With additional engraved title page (plate) signed: W.M sculpsit.

A reissue, with cancel title page, of text of the 1646 edition with the addition of "A catalogue of coronet-devises" (caption title L2r).Citation/references Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), E3351