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Symbolorum: The Secret Wisdom Of Emblems

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width: 6.3 in Item Width: 6.3 in Language: English Publisher: Abbeville Press, Incorporated Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit Author: Mandy Aftel Illustrator: Yes ISBN: 9780789215222 Number of Pages: 224 Pages Topic: Mysticism height: 1 in Format: Hardcover Item Height: 1 in Item Weight: 19.2 Oz Publication Year: 2025 Book Title: Symbolorum : the Secret Wisdom of Emblems Item Length: 6.3 in

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Symbolorum: The Secret Wisdom Of Emblems. Number of Pages: 224. Publication Date: 2025-09-23. Publisher: Abbeville Press. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: Symbolorum: The Secret Wisdom Of Emblems ISBN13: 9780789215222 ISBN10: 0789215225 Author: Aftel, Mandy (Author) Description: The Emblem Book, Which Reached The Peak Of Its Popularity In The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries, Presented Mysterious Allegorical Images--Rather Like Those We Now Find On Tarot Cards--Alongside Latin Mottoes A Learned Text Explained The Connection Between Image And Motto, And The Lessons Each Emblem Held For The Reader's Life Drawing On Sources Such As Medieval Bestiaries And Aesop's Fables, Emblem Books Reflected An Enchanted View Of Nature In Which Our Human Lives Were Intertwined With Plants, Animals, The Moon And The Stars World-Renowned Natural Perfumer Mandy Aftel First Encountered Emblem Books In The Course Of Her Researches Into Antique Botanical Illustrations, And Quickly Became Entranced Here She Presents One Hundred Emblems From Perhaps The Finest Emblem Book, The Symbolorum Et Emblematum Of Camerarius, Originally Published In Four Parts Between 1590 And 1604 Aftel Has Sensitively Tinted In Watercolor The Bewitching Circular Engravings Of The Symbolorum, In Which Giant Hands Reach From The Sky; Lions, Bears, And Unicorns Gambol; And Distant Spires Beckon The Mottoes And Explanatory Texts Are Given In Translation From The Original Latin, Along With Aftel's Own Commentary An Illustrated Introduction Illuminates The History And Magic Of Emblem Book Symbolorum Will Be A Treasure For Anyone Who Is Drawn To Uncover Ancient Wisdom And Feel The Breath Of The Universe Binding: Hardcover, Hardcover Publisher: Abbeville Press Publication Date: 2025-09-23 Dimensions: Number of Pages: 224 Language: English

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