A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith 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 VVither. The first booke.
- Wither, George, 1588-1667
- Date:
- MDCXXXV. [1635]
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About this work
Publication/Creation
London : Printed by A[ugustine] M[athewes] for Iohn Grismond, and are to be sold at the signe of the Gunne in Ivie-Lane, MDCXXXV. [1635]
Physical description
20 unnumbered pages, 62 pages, 6 unnumbered pages, 63-124 pages, 6 unnumbered pages, 135-196 pages, 6 unnumbered pages, 209-270 pages, 10 unnumbered pages : illustrations (metal cuts, woodcut).
Notes
In verse.
Printer's name from STC.
The emblems are printed from plates originally engraved by Crispijn van de Passe the elder for "Nucleus emblematorum" by Gabriel Rollenhagen (STC).
With an additional title page, engraved, "Emblemes. Illustrated by Geo. Wither.", signed: VVill: Marshall· sculp:.
The first leaf bears "A preposition to this frontispiece".
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.
Includes index.
One of five imprint variants of this edition.
Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
References note
STC (2nd ed.) 25900a.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1564:2) s1999 miun s