Choice emblems, divine and moral , antient and modern: or, delights for the ingenious, in above fifty select emblems, Curiously Ingraven upon Copper-Plates. With Fifty Pleasant Poems and Lots, by way of Lottery, for Illustrating each Emblem, to promote Instruction and Good Counsel by Diverting Recreation.

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