![Emblems Divine, Moral, Natural and Historical. Expressed in Sculpture, and applied to the several ages, occasions, and conditions of the life of man. By a person of quality. London: J[ames] C[otterell] for W. Miller and F. Haley, 1673.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CKS/2014_CKS_01584_0191_000(emblems_divine_moral_natural_and_historical_expressed_in_sculpture_and043314).jpg?w=1)
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Emblems Divine, Moral, Natural and Historical. Expressed in Sculpture, and applied to the several ages, occasions, and conditions of the life of man. By a person of quality. London: J[ames] C[otterell] for W. Miller and F. Haley, 1673.
8° (148 x 87mm). Engraved frontispiece and 38 full-page emblematic illustrations, no. 68 repeated on p.72, one unnumbered plate ‘To Iohn Norris Gent:’ inserted between p. 72 and 73. (Frontispiece, F3 and F5 expertly re-margined and inner margin of F2 & F3 repaired, upper margin trimmed, occasional affecting headline, very few light spots.) 19th-century maroon morocco, flat spine ruled and lettered in gilt (spine lightly sunfaded). Provenance: George Parker Heathcote (bookplate).
RARE. Only 3 copies are listed in Wing, all located in North America (Harvard, Huntington and Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County), no copies in the British Isles. Praz p. 325; Wing E704.
8° (148 x 87mm). Engraved frontispiece and 38 full-page emblematic illustrations, no. 68 repeated on p.72, one unnumbered plate ‘To Iohn Norris Gent:’ inserted between p. 72 and 73. (Frontispiece, F3 and F5 expertly re-margined and inner margin of F2 & F3 repaired, upper margin trimmed, occasional affecting headline, very few light spots.) 19th-century maroon morocco, flat spine ruled and lettered in gilt (spine lightly sunfaded). Provenance: George Parker Heathcote (bookplate).
RARE. Only 3 copies are listed in Wing, all located in North America (Harvard, Huntington and Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County), no copies in the British Isles. Praz p. 325; Wing E704.
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