The art of making devises : treating of hieroglyphicks, symboles, emblemes, aenigma's, sentences, parables, reverses of medals, armes, blazons, cimiers, cyphers and rebus (1648)
Estienne, Henry, sieur des Fossez, Blount, Thomas, 1618-1679, Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, Royston, Richard, 1599-1686, bookseller · London : Printed for Richard Royston, and are to be sold at the Angell in Ivie Lane · leaf 16
my leflTe po-liflit ftyle;,(which I flial the rather hope to ob-tain^ fince things of this nature require a plaindelivery.rather the elegancy or affed:ed phrafe)not doubting but that the difcovery of thisArt will yeeld fo great contentment to you,whofc wits are elevate as fane above the vul- gai^,… … THE AUTHORS R E F A C E Ufcelli (an Italian Author) Jdkh,that It helongeth onely to the m^ofl ex-cellent ^Uts and heji refined Iiulg-ments to undertake the makinz ofDevileS;, and that it is a qualityli?hicl? hath beenjought and defired by many^ but ojeryfew haye been able to put it in execution.…
Devices (Heraldry) · Emblems · Emblem books, English
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