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A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened with metricall illustrations, both morall and divine, and disposed into lotteries, that instruction and good counsell, may bee furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation / by George Wither.

Accession number
PML 126396
Creator
Wither, George, 1588-1667.
Published
London : Printed by A[ugustine]. M[atthewes]. for John Grismond, and are to be sold at the signe of the Gunne in Ivie-Lane, 1635.
Credit line
Bequest of E. Clark Stillman, 1995.
Notes
Printer's name from STC.
Added engraved t.p. by Will. Marshall.
Portrait of the author engraved by John Payne.
The emblems are printed from plates originally engraved by Crispijn van de Passe--p. [12].
2nd, 3rd, and 4th books each have a separate t.p. dated 1634; pagination and register are continuous.
Includes index.
One of five imprint variants of this ed.
Signatures: [pi]² (*)⁴ A-I⁴ K² L-S⁴ ²(*)² V-2D⁴ ³(*)² 2F-2O⁴ (misprinting 'C2' for D2, 'N' for 2N).
Description
4 pts. in 1 v. ([20], 62, [6], 63-124, [6], 135-196, [6], 209-270, [10] p.) : ill. (engravings, woodcuts), port. ; 29 cm
Provenance
Bookplate of Robert Lowry van Dyke; collection of E. Clark Stillman.
Binding
Full green morocco with gold stamping on covers and spine, all edges gilt, by Lloyd & Wallis.
Classification
Department