FOBO - Allegorien und Embleme, Vol II (page 3/3)

Allegorien und Embleme, Vol II (page 3/3)

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[picture: front cover, Allegories and Emblems]

Images from Allegorien und Embleme (Alegories and Emblems) (Volume II, [Heraldic] Emblems) by Martin Gerlach Senior(1846 – 1918).

I do not have a copy of this book but bought a set of page images; unfortunately the pages were not held very flat and the resolution is lower than I’d like, but copies of this book are incredibly expensive as far as I can tell (and volume I even more so).

Title: Allegorien und Embleme, Vol II

Author: Gerlach, Martin

Published by: Martin Gerlach

City: Vienna

Date: 1882

Total items: 13

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

Initial Letter T With Cherubs and Dancing Couple

This vignetted initial shows a dance, with couples wearing elaborate clothing; the front-most couple is shown in detail and the others as shadowy sketches. A putto or cherub, a naked boy in the sky, plays a violin, whild another naked boy, [...] [more...] [$]

Historiated Initial Letter U With Clock and Cherub

This inhabited, or historiated, initial, features a clock with a bell on the top of it which a winged cherub is about to hit with a small hammer; there’s also a butterfly and a [...] [more...] [$]

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