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Iconologia, or, Moral emblems (1709)

Ripa, Cesare, fl. 1600, Tempest, Pierce, 1653-1717, Fuller, Isaac, 1606-1672, ill · London : Printed by Benj. Motte · leaf 42

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.Cdi^n^i … 14 ^ml emblems* Fig. 5}. Compaffione : COMTASSIOK A Woman holding a Pelicans Ned in her kk Hand, who, piercing herBread, Teems to fuckIc her young ones with her Blood ; and extends herHand in a compalTionace manner, to bedow Charity on the indigent- The Pelican is a true Emblem of Cc^p^iJJiorj, for…

Emblems · Emblem books -- Great Britain -- 18th century

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