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that we know of, any complete, separate, and dis- 

 tinct catalogue of such works. 



Being anxious, therefore, to obtain a correct 

 account of what may be termed the English Series 

 of Books of Emblems, I inclose a list of all those 

 in my own possession, and of the titles of such 

 others as I have been able to collect ; and I shall 

 be glad if any of your readers can make any ad- 

 ditions to the series, confining them at the same 

 time strictly to Books of Emblems, aud not ad- 

 mitting fables, heraldic works, or other publications 

 not coming within the same category. A good 

 comprehensive work on this subject of Books of 

 Emblems, not confined merely to the English 

 series, but embracing the whole foreign range, 

 giving an account both of the writers of the 

 verses, and also of the engravers, and the different 

 styles of art in each, is still a great desideratum in 

 our literary history ; and if ably and artistically 

 done, with suitable illustrations of the various en- 

 gravings and other ornaments, would form a very 

 interesting, instructive, and entertaining volume ; 

 and I sincerely hope that the time will not be 

 far distant when such a volume will be found in 

 our libraries. 



I conclude with a Query of inquiry, whether 

 anything is known of the present resting-place of 

 a Treatise on Emblems, which the late Mr. Beloe 

 informs us, at the close of his Literary Anecdotes, 

 vol. vi. p. 406., he had written at " considerable 

 length," from communications furnished him by 

 the Marquis of Blandford, whose collection of 

 Emblems was at that time one of the richest and 

 most extensive in the kingdom, and whose treatise, 

 if published, might perhaps prove a valuable ad- 

 dition to our information on this portion of our 

 literature. 



■ I would also inquire who was Thomas Combe, 

 and what did he write, who is thus mentioned by 

 Meres in his Palladis Tamia : Wits Treasury, Lond. 



1598, 8vo., as one of our English writers of Em- 

 blems : " As the Latines have those emblematists, 

 Andreas Alciatus, Reusnerus, and Sambucus, so 

 we have these, Geffrey Whitney, Andrew Willet, 



and Thomas Combe." Is anything known of the 

 latter, or of his writings ? Thomas Cokser. 



Stand Rectory. 



List of English ffriters of Books of Emblems. 



A. (H.) Parthenia Sacra, or the Mysterious and 

 Delicious Garden of the Sacred Parthenis : Symbo- 

 lically set forth and enriched with Pious Devises and 

 Emblems for the entertainment of devout Soules, &c. 

 By H. A. Plates. 8vo. Printed by John Cousturier, 

 1633. 



Abricht (John A. M.). Divine Emblems. Em- 

 bellished -nrith Etchings on Copper after the fashion of 

 Master Francis Quarles. 12mo. Lond. 1838. 



Arwaker (Edmund). Pia Desideria, or Divine 

 Addresses in Three Books. With 47 Copper Plates 

 by Start. 8vo. Lond. 1686. 



Ashrea : or the Grove of Beatitudes. Represented 

 in E^mblennes: and by the Art of Memory to be read 

 on our Blessed Saviour Crucified, &c. 12mo. Lond. 

 1665. 



Astry (Sir James). The Royal Politician repre- 

 sented in One Hundred Emblems. Written in 

 Spanish by Don Diego Saavedra Faxardo, &c. Done 

 into English from the Original. Bv Sir James Astry. 

 In Two Vols. With Portrait of William Duke of 

 Gloucester, and other Plates. 8vo. Lond. 1700. 

 Printed for Matthew Gylliflower. 



Ayres (Philip). Emblemata Amatoria. Emblems 

 of Love in Four Languages. Dedicated to the Ladys. 

 By Ph. Ayres, Esq. With 44 Plates on Copper. 

 8vo. Lond. 1683. 



Barclay (Alexander).* The Ship of Fooles, wherein 

 is shewed the folly of all States, &c. Translated out 

 of Latin into Englishe. With numerous Woodcuts. 

 Imprinted by John Cawood. Folio, bl. letter, Lond. 

 1570. 



Blount (Thomas). The Art of making Devises : 

 treating of Hieroglyphicks, Symboles, Erablemes, 

 .'Enigmas, &c. Translated from the French of Henry 

 Eslienne. 4to. Lond. 1646. 



Bunyan (John). Emblems by J. Bunyan. [I 

 have not seen this work, but suspect it is only a com- 

 mon chap-book. A copy was in one of Lilly's Cata- 

 logues.] 



Burton (R.). Choice Emblems, Divine and Moral, 

 Ancient and Modern ; or Delights for the Ingenious 

 in above Fifty Select Emblems, Curiously Ingraven 

 upon Copper Plates. With engraved Frontisjilece, &c. 

 12mo. Lond. 1721. Printed for Edmund Parker. 



Castanoza (John). The Spiritual Conflict, or The 

 Arraignment of the Spirit of Selfe-Love and Sensu- 

 ality at the Barre of Truth and Reason. First pub- 

 lished in Spanish by the Reverend Father John Cas- 

 tanoza, afterwards put into the Latin, Italian, German, 

 French, and English Languages. With numerous 

 Engravings. 12mo. at Paris, 1652. 



Choice Emblems, Natural, Historical, P"abulous, 

 Moral, and Divine. 12mo. Lond. 1772. 



Colman (W. ), La Dance Machaljre, or Death's 

 Duell, by W. C. With engraved Frontispiece by 

 Cecil, and Plate. 8vo. Lond. 163-. 



Compendious Emblematist; or Writing and Draw- 

 ing made easy. With many Plates. 4to. Lond. 



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. With Woodcut Engravings 

 and Metrical Illustrations. 8vo. Lond. 1673. Printed 

 by J. C. for Will. Miller. 



Emblems for the Entertainment and Improvement 

 of Youth, with Explanations, on 62 Copper Plates. 

 White Knights. 8vo. n. d.. Part I. 



Emblems of Mortality. With Holbein's Cuts of the 

 Dance of Death, modernized and engraved by Bewick. 

 Three Editions. 8vo. Lond. 1789. 



Farlie (Robert). Lychnocausia, sive Moralia Facum 

 Emblemata. Lights Morall Emblems. Kalendarium 



* Perhaps this, and the works of Colman and Hey- 

 wood, are scarcely to be considered as Books of EmUems. 



