Emblems - Early works to 1800
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Iconologia: or, Moral emblems , By Cæsar Ripa. Wherein are express'd, various images of virtues, vices, passions, arts, humours, elements and celestial bodies; as design'd by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans and modern Italians useful for orators, poets, painters, sculptors, and all lovers of ingenuity: Illustrated with three hundred twenty-six humane figures, with their explanations; newly design'd, and engraven on copper, by I. Fuller, painter, and other masters. By the care and at the charge of P. Tempest.
Ripa, Cesare, fl. 1600.Date: MDCCIX. [1709]- E-books
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Quarles' Emblems, divine and moral: together with Hieroglyphics of the life of man. Written by the celebrated Francis Quarles. New edition, revised and corrected. Embellished with near 100 elegant copper-plates
Quarles, Francis, 1592-1664.Date: [1790?]- E-books
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Emblems divine and moral: together with Hieroglyphics of the life of man. Written by Francis Quarles
Quarles, Francis, 1592-1664.Date: MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]- E-books
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Emblems for the improvement and entertainment of youth . Containing emblematical, hieroglyphical, and ænigmatical devices, relating to all parts and stations of life; intending to promote morality, virtue and religion, and suppress immorality, vice and prophaneness; by giving useful lessons and admonitions to all ages, degrees and capacities, suitable to most exigencies in common life. Illustrated with proper and necessary explanations and observations from natural hsitory, and the manners, customs and opinions of the ancients. Curiously engraved on sixty-two copper-plates. Containing near one thousand different articles; with a copious index, and alphabetical table of contents; contrived not only for a study and improvement, by also as a play or diversion for youth.
Date: 1769- E-books
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Emblems for improvement and entertainment of youth containing Emblematical, Hieroglyphical, and Aenigmatical, Devices, relating to all Parts and Stations of Life; intending to promote Morality, Virtue, and Religion; and suppress Immorality, Vice, and Prophaneness, by giving useful Lessons and Admonitions to all Ages, Degrees, and Capacities, suitable to most Exigences in common Life. Illustrated With proper and necessary Explanations and Observations from Natural History, and the Manners, Customs and Opinions of the Ancients. Curiously engraved on Sixty-Two Copper-Plates. Containing near One Thousand different Articles; with a copious Index and alphabetical Table of Contents; contrived not only for a Study and Improvement, but also as a Play or Diversion for youth.
Date: M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788]