[Analysis of frontispieces in seventeenth-century books from the Rouen libraries collections].
In the seventeenth century books the frontispieces generally epitomize in a single engraving of the thought of the author. After a short review of the Rouen libraries collections on which this study is based, five frontispieces with different set of themes are analysed: the ordering of a chemist's shop by Jean de Renou, the tribute paid to the Ancients by bauhin, teh Fortune, Time and Wisdom allegories represented in the works of Dalechamp, the allegory of the Royal pharmacopoeia by Moyse Charas and the Song of Solomon by Clusius. In conclusion, we will wonder about the possible understanding of the chemist at the time, facing these coded pictures.
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D001878:Books, Illustrated / Q000266:history*; D004741:Engraving and Engravings / Q000266:history*; D005602:France; D049670:History, 17th Century; D007990:Libraries / Q000266:history