The City of Truth, or, Ethics (1609)
Images of imaginary utopias and dystopias used to illustrate an allegorical poem by Bartolomeo Del Bene (1515-1595) — a reworking of Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethicsis. …Continued
emblems
Le Centre de l’Amour (ca. 1687)
The centre of love: discovered through various emblems, gallant and facetious — a delightfully illustrated emblem book exploring all corners of seventeenth-century courtship. …Continued
Emblems of Love, in Four Languages: Dedicated to the Ladys (1683)
This excellently sub-titled love emblem book is a reworking of emblems originally found in the earlier Thronus Cupidinis. Each of the forty-four cupid-centred emblems are …Continued
George Wither’s Emblem Book (1635)
The emblem book of English poet, pamphleteer, and satirist George Wither (1588 - 1667). Wither was employed by a London publisher called Henry Taunton to …Continued
Emblems Ancient and Modern (1699)
Beautiful 17th century book showing various emblems with mottos described in German, Latin, French and Italian, and the emblems themselves described only in German. …Continued
Quarles’ Emblems (1886)
Francis Quarles was an English poet most famous for his emblem book originally published in 1635. This 19th century edition has been embellished with new …Continued