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Emblems, divine and moral

Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644, Harvey, Christopher, 1597-1663, Wilkins, W. Walker (William Walker) · 1824 · London : J. Robins · 42 pictures

A 19th-century London reprint (J. Robins, 1824) of Francis Quarles's and Christopher Harvey's 17th-century emblem books, edited by W. Walker Wilkins for devotional readers. Copperplate emblems, framed and captioned by book and number, set winged cherubs, skeletons, devils and dancing figures around a striped globe or heart, with open landscape behind — usable as compact allegorical vignettes and border frames.

Emblems

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