Francis Quarles' Emblems and : Hieroglyphics of the life of man, modernized : in four books
Advertisement on p.[192] for The Christian’s dictionary ... by the Rev. John Fleetwood (published 1775). McGeary & Nash. Emblem books at the University of Illinois, Q10 Hieroglyphics of the life of man. ESTC N31926 P. 164 misnumbered ’154’. Date from McGeary & Nash; ESTC puts date at 1766, based on bookseller’s address. 88 numbered and 2 unnumbered woodcut emblems; emblematic woodcut front. and sub-title page (for ’Hieroglyphikes’) Cipher bookplate: WJ [?]: owl on open book showing lines by Emerson: "Life loiters at the book’s first page ..."
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