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Winter-Evening entertainments; in two parts. Containing I. Ten pleasant and delightful relations of many rare and no able Accidents and Occurences; with brief Remarks upon every one. II. Fifty ingenious riddles, with their Explanations, and useful Observations and Morals upon each. The whole enlivened with above Threescore Pictures, for the better Illustration of every Story and Riddle. Excellently Accommodated to the Fancies of Old or Young, and exceeding useful to advance chearful Society and Conversation. By Robert Burton.
R. B., approximately 1632-approximately 1725.Date: 1737- Pictures
Cupid as a wind blowing on a torch: an emblem of love, "He (Cupid) who nourishes me extinguishes me". Engraving by C. de Passe, ca. 1615.
Date: [1615?]Reference: 2438813i- Pictures
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Emblem representing the path to the philosopher's stone in alchemy. Etching by Defehrt, 1768, after L.-J. Goussier, after the frontispiece to a 17th century book by Libavius.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Date: [1768]Reference: 37240i- Archives and manuscripts
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Müller, Jodocus
Müller, JodocusDate: Late 17th centuryReference: MS.3644- Pictures
Emblems of the triumph of Christ over worldly powers. Etching by W. Hollar, 1654.
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677.Date: [1654]Reference: 2855737i