Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 277
chcollections in printed books is evidence of themorahzing, philosophizing tendency of the times,and the love of personifying and imaging ideas. 255 THE SYMBOLIC INFLUENCE Elaborate designs, such as one of Romeyn deHooghe (1670)—following the tablet of Cebes,P..C. 390, or the Latin version of… … AVARICK. (From Alciatis Emblems, 1522.) and the candle, are comprehended in these emblembooks ; but it is only reducing to small compassand to compact, portable, and popular form thesame spirit of quaint invention which covered thewalls and ceilings of great houses and public hallsand tapestries…
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