The art of making devises: treating of hieroglyphicks, symboles, emblemes, ænigma's, sentences, parables, reverses of medalls, armes, blazons, cimiers, cyphres and rebus. First written in French by Henry Estienne, Lord of Fossez, 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 warres.

All titles

• The art of making devises: treating of hieroglyphicks, symboles, emblemes, ænigma's, sentences, parables, reverses of medalls, armes, blazons, cimiers, cyphres and rebus. First written in French by Henry Estienne, Lord of Fossez, 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 warres.
• Art de faire des devises. English

People / Organizations

• Iohn Holden ("printed for")
• sieur des Fossez. Henry Estienne (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for Iohn Holden, at the signe of the blue Anchor in the New Exchange, 1650.

Publication year

1650-1650

ESTC No.

R12325

Grub Street ID

60523

Description

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

Note

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

With an added 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), E3352