A collection of emblemes, ancient and moderne : quickened vvith metricall illustrations, both morall and divine: and disposed into lotteries, that instruction, and good counsell, may bee furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation : the first-[fourth] booke /

Cancelled ownership inscriptions on t.p., one partially read: [S?]arah [N?]orwick.Imperfect: Library's copy lacks first and last leaves ("Preposition" and lottery volvelles). 5 IU-RIncludes index.Title vignette (printer's device of Mathewes); tail-pieces; initials.Pages 120, 183, and 190 are incorrectly numbered 118, 283, and 290, respectively.Signatures: pip4s *p4s(-*1,2) A-Ip4s Kp2s L-Sp4s p2s*p2s V-2Dp4s p3s*p2s 2F-2Op4s.The last leaf bears two woodcut dials each with a movable pointer fixed in the center.The first leaf bears "A preposition to this frontispiece".The second (I4r), third (S4r), and fourth (2D4r) books each have a separate title page, with imprint "printed by Augustine Matheuues. MDCXXXIV [1634]"; pagination and register are continuous.With an added engraved title page: "Emblemes. Illustrated by Geo. Wither.", signed: VVill: Marshall¨ sculp:The emblems are printed from plates originally engraved by Crispijn van de Passe the elder for "Nucleus emblematorum" by Gabriel Rollenhagen. Cf. STC.One of five imprint variants of this edition.Printer's name from STC.In verse.McGeary & Nash. Emblem books at the University of Illinois,ESTC (online)STC (2nd ed.)Mode of access: Internet