A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne
Subtitle: quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine: and disposed into lotteries, that instruction, and good counsell, may bee furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation. By George VVither. The first booke
Series: Early English books online
Publisher: Printed by A[ugustine] M[athewes] for Henry Taunton, and are to be sold at his shop in Saint Dunstanes Church-yard
Published: 1635
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: English Emblem books; Early works to 1800
Notes: In verse.

Printer's name from STC.

The emblems are printed from plates originally engraved by Crispijn van de Passe the elder for "Nucleus emblematorum" by Gabriel Rollenhagen (STC).

With an additional title page, engraved, "Emblemes. Illustrated by Geo. Wither.", signed: VVill: Marshall· sculp:.

The first leaf bears "A preposition to this frontispiece".

The second, third, and fourth books each have a separate title page dated 1634; pagination and register are continuous.

The last leaf bears two woodcut dials each with a movable pointer fixed in the center.

Includes index.

One of five imprint variants of this edition.

STC (2nd ed.) 25900d.

In this copy, emblems 91 & 98 are correctly imposed.

Imperfect: last leaf (plate) wanting.

In this copy, emblem 97, which properly belongs on p. 109, was originally wrongly imposed in place of emblem 91 on p. 103; and emblem 92, which properly belongs on p. 104, was wrongly imposed in place of emblem 98 on p. 110; the correct emblems have been mounted over the incorrect impressions on those pages.

Imperfect: outer margins of 1st 3 leaves (incl. t.-p. & engr. t.-p.) restored, with portions in pen-and-ink facsimile; last leaf (plate containing 2 dials with volvelles) has margin restored & is bound in upside-down; volvelles in facsimile.