Emblems of love : in four languages. Dedicated to the ladys by Ph: Ayres Esq.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Multiple languages |
| Series: | Eighteenth century collections online.
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| Online Access: | Full text online |
| Item Description: | Engraved throughout. In Latin, English, Italian, and French verse. The Latin and Italian texts and the illustrations are mostly copied from: Veen, Otto van. Amorum emblemata. The title page is signed "S Nicholls sculp:", but quires B-L are the same engravings as the other English editions. Signatures: [pi]² A-L⁸; only one leaf per quire signed, with the second, fourth and first leaves signed in quires A to C respectively and the second leaf of each quire thereafter. A reissue of the plates of the 1714 edition, with an engraved titlepage, and an introductory sonnet. Dated books printed for John Wren range between the years 1748 and 1757. Reproduction of original from the British Library. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 90 unnumbered leaves : illustrations (metal cuts) ; 8⁰. |