Accession number
PML 6593
Creator
Wither, George, 1588-1667.
Published
London : Printed by A[ugustine]. M[athewes]. for Henry Taunton, and are to be sold at his shop in Saint Dunstanes Church-yard, MDCXXXV [1635].
Credit line
Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Notes
Signatures: 2 leaves (unsigned), *⁴, A-I⁴ K² L-S⁴, *² V⁴ X-Z⁴ Aa-Dd⁴, (*)², Ff-Oo⁴.
The 200 plates of the emblems were engraved by Crispin de Passe and originally appeared in the Emblemata Sacra of Rollenhagius, 1611-1613. Cf. H. Green, Andrea Alciati, 1872, p. 248-60, etc.
Without general t.-p.; each book has special t.-p.; books 2-4 have imprint: London, Printed by Augustine Mathewes. 1634.
With an additional title page, engraved, "Emblemes. Illustrated by Geo. Wither.", signed: VVill: Marshall· sculp:.
The second, third, and fourth books each have a separate title page dated 1634; pagination and register are continuous.
The last leaf bears two woodcut dials each with a movable pointer fixed in the center.
PML copy has both pointers in the double woodcut on last leaf.
The 200 plates of the emblems were engraved by Crispin de Passe and originally appeared in the Emblemata Sacra of Rollenhagius, 1611-1613. Cf. H. Green, Andrea Alciati, 1872, p. 248-60, etc.
Without general t.-p.; each book has special t.-p.; books 2-4 have imprint: London, Printed by Augustine Mathewes. 1634.
With an additional title page, engraved, "Emblemes. Illustrated by Geo. Wither.", signed: VVill: Marshall· sculp:.
The second, third, and fourth books each have a separate title page dated 1634; pagination and register are continuous.
The last leaf bears two woodcut dials each with a movable pointer fixed in the center.
PML copy has both pointers in the double woodcut on last leaf.
Description
[20], 62, [6], 63-124, [6], 135-196, [6], 209-270, [10] pages : ill. (engravings, woodcuts) ; 30 x 19 cm (fol)
Provenance
Toovey collection; with the bookplate of John Delaware Lewis; Pierpont Morgan.
Binding
19th-century English gilt-tooled green morocco, by J. Wright.
Classification
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