Printer's device on t.-p.; title within ornamental border; full page woodcut of the arms of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, on verso of t.-p.; emblems illustrated with 247 woodcut engravings within ornamental borders. Marginal notes Most of the emblems are from earlier works published by Plantin, more than half being identical with those in the works of Alciati, Sambucus, and Paradin. cf. Reprint of Whitney's "Choice of emblemes", edited by Henry Green, 1866. p. 252 Copy 1 is unbound ; cop. 2 imperfect, lacks p. 203-230 Cop. 2 is the first ed., with "Isaie" spelled "Esaie", verso of 2d preliminary leaf Part 2 has half-title with the crest of the earls of Leicester and Warwick Cf. Grolier club, New York. Catalogue of original and early editions of some ... English writers from Langland to Wither ... New York, 1893, p. 230-232 Signatures: *-** ***² A-Z a-f (f blank) ESTC McGeary & Nash. Emblem books at the University of Illinois McGeary & Nash. Emblem books at the University of Illinois STC