Emblemes
By: by Fra. Quarles
Contributors: Hugo, Herman, 1588-1629; Holmes, P., -1702; Hove, Frederick Hendrick van, 1628?-1698
Publisher: Printed for William Freeman at the Bible in Fleet Street
Published: 1709
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
Subjects: Emblems; Early works to 1800
Notes: Signatures:  A-2A⁸.

"The illustrations have been redone by other engravers and are mostly in the style of those by William Marshall and William Simpson found in earlier editions"--ESTC(RLIN) R36695.

Engraved title page; other engraved illustrations signed: "P. Holmes sculp."; "F.H. Van Houe sculp."

Imprint date of 1709 is from Term Catalogues--Cf. ESTC(RLIN).

BM records imprint date of [1710?]

"Hieroglyphikes of the life of man"--P. [3]-[5] (3rd sequence) and p. 322-381 (4th sequence); includes engraved half title.

"Some books printed for W. Freeman ..."--P. [1] at end.

Emblems in the last 3 books are copied from Herman Hugo's "Pia desideria" and Quarles' verses in these books are then translated or paraphrased from Hugo--Cf. NUC pre-1956.

Bound in old calf; stamped in blind on front and rear boards; rebacked. Initials of Linda and Leonard Baskin on back pastedown with date 1970, and with his printed label for Fort Hill on front pastedown.