A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne
Subtitle: quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine : and disposed into lotteries ...
By: by George Wither. The first [-fourth] booke
Contributors: Rollenhagen, Gabriel, 1583-1619; Passe, Crispijn van de, ca. 1565-1637, engraver; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver
Publisher: Printed by A[ugustine]. M[athewes]. for Henry Taunton, and are to be sold at his shop in Saint Dunstanes Church-yard; MCCXXXV [1635].
Published: 1635
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Emblem books, English -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Emblemes
Notes: Without general t.p.; each book has special t.p.; books 2-4 have imprint: London, Printed by Augustine Mathevves, 1634.

Added t.p., engraved, "Emblemes. Illustrated by Geo. Wither.", signed: VVill: Marshall sculp:.

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

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

Includes index.

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

STC (2nd ed.), 25900d.

ESTC S120879.