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The book of similitudes:

Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885. [from old catalog] · 1860 · New Haven, Conn., Pub. for the author by J. H. Bradley · 82 pictures

An emblem book of moral and religious "similitudes" compiled and engraved by John Warner Barber, published for the author in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1860 for Protestant readers and Sunday-school teaching. Wood engravings set allegorical figures in labeled roundels and octagons: toppling columns marked with empires, personified vices as animals, flames and banners lettered with names and captions.

Emblems · Religions

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