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Emblemata: cum aliquot nummis antique operis

John of Damascus1566

International Tennis Hall of Fame

International Tennis Hall of Fame
Newport, United States

Book of 272 pages containing two volumes in one. It has a full leather binding, raised cords, vellum hinges, blind tooling. Written in Latin. The first volume is titled Hadriani (also dated 1566) and is by Arnoldum CoBelium. The second volume is titled Emblemata: cum aliquot nummis antique operis by Ioannis Sambucus.

This emblem book by the renowned humanist scholar, physician, philologist, and historian Sambucus features one of the earliest illustrations of people playing tennis.

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  • Title: Emblemata: cum aliquot nummis antique operis
  • Creator: Ioannis (Johannes) Sambucus (Hungarian, 1531-1584), (publisher) Christopher Plantinus (Belgian)
  • Date Created: 1566
  • Location Created: Antwerp, The Netherlands
  • Physical Dimensions: (h) 17.94 cm x (w) 12.07 cm x (d) 3.49 cm
  • Provenance: The Albert & Madeleine Ritzenberg Collection, 2004
  • Type: Book
  • Rights: © International Tennis Hall of Fame
  • Medium: Ink on vellum; leather bound
  • Depicted Topic: Court Tennis, Tennis
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