EDITIONS OTHER THAN 1531 AND 1546

by Denis Drysdall
E-mail: frch0188@waikato.ac.nz

Because of the number of editions involved, students of Alciato's emblems are not always able to check readily simple facts such as their early chronology. The following table lists the emblems which first appeared in the Selecta epigrammata of 1529 and in editions other than the basic collections of 1531 and 1546. At the same time it provides a concordance of these emblems for seven key editions. It is hoped that it will be useful to publish this sort of material on the net, though there may be some difficulty with tables, particularly for those with earlier versions of the software.

The sources used in the table are:

1529 Selecta epigrammata graeca latine versa, ex septem epigrammatum Graecorum libris. Accesserunt omnibus omnium prioribus editionibus ac versibus plus quam quingenta Epigrammata, recens versa, ab Andrea Alciato, Ottomaro Luscinio, ac Iano Cornario Zuiccauiensi (Basle, Io.Bebelii, 1529).

1531 Emblematum liber (Augsburg, H.Steyner, 6 April 1531)

1534 Emblematum libellus (Paris, C.Wechel, 1534)

1546 Emblematum libellus (Venice, Aldus, 1546)

1547 Emblematum libri duo (Lyon, J.de Tournes, 1547)

1548 Emblemata (Lyon, G.Rouille, 1548)

1549 Los Emblemas de Alciato traducidos en rhimas espa-olas (Lyon, G.Rouille, 1549)

1550 Emblemata (Lyon, G.Rouille, 1550)

The "offensive" emblem, "Adversus naturam peccantes", which first appeared in the Aldine edition, is included because it is not a regular element of early editions. It is present in 1547, in 1548, and in the French of 1549 (p.102), under the heading Luxure, as "Contre les bougres". Mignault gave the text only in a note at end of "Epigrammatum græcorum ... explicatio" of 1577, p.683 and later editions; but it is otherwise excluded until the Paduan edition of 1618.

"Antiquissima quaeque commentitia" and "Vino prudentiam augeri" appear in all editions of 1542 (Latin, French, German), but not in the Latin of 1544, which is a reprint of 1535.

                                  1529     1531     1534     1546     1547     1548     1549     1550     
                                  Page     Fol.     Page     Fol.     No       Page     Page     Page     
Amor filiorum                     138      C3ro     48                I.44     156      66       208      
Anteros, Amor virtutis, alium     367      D6vo     76                I.72     89       99       120      
Cupidinem superans                                                                                        
Anteros, id est amor virtutis     361      E1vo     86                I.81     88       110      119      
Auxilium numquam deficiens        96       C2vo     47                I.43     128      65       174      
Captivus ob gulam                 69       E3vo     91                I.86     78       116      102      
Cum larvis non luctandum          9        C8vo     61                I.38     121      80       166      
Doctos doctis obloqui nefas esse  103      E8vo     105               I.99     143      133      193      
Dulcia quandoque amara fieri      74       E4vo     95                I.89     90       119      121      
Firmissima convelli non posse     10       C8ro     60                I.56     44       79       49       
Illicitum non sperandum           50       A6vo     84                I.79     48       108      54       
Impossibile                       144      E3ro     89                I.88     57       114      67       
In avaros, vel quibus melior      83       A6ro     15                I.11     73       30       97       
conditio ab extraneis offertur                                                                            
In eum qui sibi ipsi damnum       65       E5vo     96                I.9      59       122      72       
apparat                                                                                                   
In eum qui truculentia suorum     283      D7vo     79                I.75     132      102      180      
perierit                                                                                                  
In occasionem                     375      A8ro     20                I.16     100      36       133      
In silentium                      118      A3ro     7                 I.3      14       21       17       
In simulachrum Spei               50       D8vo     83                I.78     46       105      51       
In victoriam dolo partam          279      A5ro     13                I.9      49       28       56       
In vitam humanam                  20       E7ro     101               I.96     119      128      164      
Iusta ultio                       44       D7ro     78                I.74     136      101      186      
Mutuum auxilium                   7        B2ro     26                I.22     127      43       173      
Nec verbo, nec facto quenquam     365      A7ro     17                I.13     30       32       34       
laedendum                                                                                                 
Potentia amoris                   362      D8ro     80                I.76     85       103      116      
Potentissimus affectus amor       62       A4vo     11                I.7      84       25       115      
Qui alta contemplantur cadere     283      E2vo     88                I.83     83       115      114      
Semper praesto esse infortunia    49       C4vo     51                I.47     105      70       141      
Signa fortium                     250      E2ro     87                I.82     36       112      40       
Tandem, tandem Iustitia obtinet   43       B8ro     42                I.38     31       60       35       
Tumulus Ioannis Galeacii          254      F3ro     109               I.103    109      138      145      
Vicecomitis ...                                                                                           
Vis amoris                        368      D7ro     77                I.73     86       100      117      
In dona hostium                   280               119               I.113    133      148      181      
In aulicos                                          117               I.111    71       146      94       
In formosam fato praereptam                         70                I.66     123      91       168      
In mortem praeproperam                              118               I.112    124      147      169      
In oblivionem patriae                               115               I.109    94       144      125      
In subitum terrorem                                 111               I.105    101      140      134      
Insignia poetarum                                   113               I.107    146      142      197      
Musicam Diis curae esse                             114               I.108    147      143      198      
Unum nihil, duos plurimùm posse                     116               I.110    43       145      48       
Antiquissima quaeque commentitia                    [1542:   6ro      II.7     145      150      196      
                                                    248]                                                  
Vino prudentiam augeri                              [1542:   40vo     II.74    26       149      29       
                                                    246]                                                  
Adversus naturam peccantes                                   26vo     II.48    66       ---      ---      
Abstinentia                                                                    34       243      38       
Impudentia                                                                     60       244      76       
Gramen                                                                                  249      33       
In quatuor tempora anni                                                                 245      109      
Oblivio paupartatis parens                                                              254      74       
Obnoxia infirmitas                                                                      250      183      
Omnia mea mecum porto                                                                   251      44       
Opulentia tyrrani paupertas                                                             252      159      
subiectorum                                                                                               
Pudicitia                                                                               246      55       
Vel post mortem formidolosi                                                             253      184      
Vespertilio                                                                             247      69       
Vespertilio. Aliud                                                                      248      70       
Doctorum agnomina                                                                                104