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Title
Moral emblemswith aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations, from Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie : with illustrations freely rendered, from designs found in their works
Authors and contributors
- Cats, Jacob, 1577-1660.
- Farley, Robert..
- Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de, 1589-1662. ill.
- Leighton, John, 1822-1912. ill.
- Pigot, Richard..
Publisher
Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts
enk
Place of Publication
London
Physical Description
printxvi, 239, [1] p. : front., illus. ; 27 cm. (fol.)
Subjects
- Emblems -- Early works to 1800
Notes
- Title-page and frontispiece printed in red and black;
- "The original designs of Adrian van de Venne, in a few instances only, have been deviated from."--Introd., p. xii.
- Crest (printer's device?) on the title-page, with name "L. & Co.," date "1726," and motto "A good book is a true friend, a wise author a public benefactor"; crest on the verso of the title-page, with name "Richard Clay, Bread St Hill, London" and motto "Sola lux mihi laus".
- 839.31 C29eEp: Bound in red cloth; decorative boards and spine in black and gold; "Moral emblems" and mottoes "Animi pabulum, animi medicina" on both boards; "Moral emblems by Jacob Cats & Robert Farlie," "Illustrated by John Leighton, FSA," and "London - Longman & Co." on the spine; gilt edges.
- 839.31 C29eEp: White label on the front paste-down: H. & C. Treacher (late King & Co.), booksellers, publishers, & stationers, 1, North St, & 44, East St, Brighton".
- Baldwin 1644: Bound in dark calf; blind-tooled boards and spine; gilt, blind-stamped boards and spine; gilt, blind-tooled outer edges and turn-ins; "Moral emblems" and "Jacob Cats and R. Farlie" stamped in gold on the spine; gauffred edges; marbled endpapers.