Choice emblems : natural, historical, fabulous, moral and divine, for the improvement and pastime of youth : ornamented with near fifty handsome allegorical engravings, designed on purpose for this work : with pleasing and familiar descriptions to each, in prose and verse, serving to display the beauties and morals of the ancient fabulists : the whole calculated to convey the golden lessons of instruction under a new and more delightful dress : written for the amusement of the right honorable Lord Newbattle
A children's emblem book by John Huddlestone Wynne, printed in London by George Riley in 1772 with designs after Samuel Wale, addressed to young Lord Newbattle and paired with prose and verse morals. The wood-engraved ovals hold small landscapes with trees, vines, birds, cottages and a lightning bolt, giving designers compact framed vignettes, hatched skies and simple emblem motifs.
