Adrian Amboise - Devises Royales - 1621

Rare original edition of this historical work belonging to the emblematic and political genre that flourished in the early 17th century, combining the art of emblems (symbolic images accompanied by mottos or legends) with a function of monarchic celebration and moral instruction.

This collection presents a series of mottos associated with the kings of France and royalty in general, each composed of a visual emblem, a Latin or French motto, and an explanatory comment that unfolds its allegorical meaning.

The work is part of the humanist tradition of emblems, inherited from Alciat, but adapted to the French political context, where the motto becomes an instrument of dynastic legitimization and civic education.

Amboise's comments highlight the royal virtues — justice, clemency, prudence, strength — and place them within a theological and moral perspective, linking the figure of the king to the divine order and the stability of the kingdom.

Adrian Amboise - Royal Devices - 1621 - Rolet-Boutonné
54 Pages

Good condition of the binding, the work in its full brown calf with signs of use, gilded titling on the morocco piece, cold stamped borders framing the covers.

Good interior condition, slight stains, missing the titled-engraved and the final 12 pages, nice borders, illustrated work with in-text engravings representing the royal currencies, marbled endpapers.

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