Francis Quarles' Emblems and : Hieroglyphics of the life of man, modernized : in four books

Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644 · 1773 · London : Printed for J. Cooke, at Shakespear’s Head, in Pater-Noster-Row · 94 pictures

An emblem book: Francis Quarles's 1635 verse emblems and Hieroglyphics of the Life of Man, reissued in a cheap modernized London edition by J. Cooke in 1773 for general devotional readers. Coarse woodcuts, recut from the earlier engravings, set winged Cupid-like figures, a globe, a skeleton and a hooded soul against radiating suns, hatched skies and framed landscapes — useful for dense line texture and allegorical shorthand.

Emblems -- Early works to 1800 · Emblem books, English -- Great Britain -- England -- 18th century · Emblem books -- Great Britain -- England -- 18th century

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