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N° 3 - chAcun des emblèmes comporte son propre commentaire en latin et est AdressÉ à un<br />

dÉdicAtAire pArticulier. ils reprÉsentent pour lA plupArt des proches de l’Auteur morts lors de<br />

l’épidémie de peste de Padoue.<br />

La majorité des gravures contient des citations tirées des auteurs grecs et notamment des Sententiae de<br />

Menander.<br />

« These plates are by Th. De Bry, all the designs being of the human figure and not merely inanimate<br />

objects, and the backgrounds usually architectural, introducing views of castles, churches, &c. Each<br />

is addressed to a different person, several families of Vienne being represented. N°16 & 26: Johannes<br />

Posthius ‘Archiatrus Palatinus’, possibly the translator of Aesop. N°17: Abr. Ortelius, the famous<br />

geographer. N°28 : Joannes Lasicius Polonus, probably J. à Lasko, the reformer…» (Fairfax Murray).

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