Emblems of love, in four languages. Dedicated to the ladys by Ph: Ayres Esq:.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ayres, Philip, 1638-1712.

Contributor:

Nicholls, Sutton, engraver.

Veen, Otto van, 1556-1629.

Language:

Multiple languages

Subjects (All):

Emblems--Early works to 1800.

Emblems.

Love in art--Early works to 1800.

Love in art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([90] leaves ) ill. (metal cuts) ;

Other Title:

Emblems of love,

Emblems of love, in four languages. Dedicated to the ladys by Ph

Place of Publication:

[London] : Printed for John Wren bookseller & binder at ye Bible & Crown near Great Turn-Style Holborn, [1750?]

Summary:

Reproduction of the original: Emblems of Love by Lascelles Abercrombie

Notes:

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 British Library.

Cited in:

Wing (2nd ed., 1994), A4309

English Short Title Catalog, T232469.

Related Work:

Veen, Otto van, 1556-1629. Amorum emblemata, figuris Aeneis incisa.

OCLC:

642553505