Achille Bocchi and the emblem book as symbolic form / Elizabeth See Watson
Cambridge New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #383855
ISBN: 0521400570
Physical description: x, 299 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-260) and index.
Contents: pt. 1. Achille Bocchi: A Life in Its Context. 1. The Early Years. 2. The Quiet Years: Bocchi's Religion and Philosophy. 3. The Scholar's Utopia: Bocchi's Projected Vision -- pt. 2. The Generic Mix and Bocchi's Symbol Construction. 4. Poetics and the Emblem. 5. Bocchi and the Symbol. 6. Emblematic Paradox and Serious Play. 7. The Mythographic Union of Eloquence and Wisdom -- Appendix: Membership in Academies Associated With Bocchi. Subjects: Bocchi, Achille 1488-1562. Symbolicarum quaestionum de universo genere. Bocchi, Achille 1488-1562 Criticism and interpretation.
Price: €48.95