| Item Description: | A reissue of the plates of the 1714 edition, with an engraved titlepage, and an introductory sonnet. - Dated books printed for John Wren range between the years 1748 and 1757. - English Short Title Catalog, T232469. - Engraved throughout. - In Latin, English, Italian, and French verse. - Reproduction of original from British Library. - Signatures: [pi]p2s A-Lp8s; only one leaf per quire signed, with the second, fourth and first leaves signed in quires A to C respectively and the second leaf of each quire thereafter. - The Latin and Italian texts and the illustrations are mostly copied from: Veen, Otto van. Amorum emblemata. - The title page is signed "S Nicholls sculp:", but quires B-L are the same engravings as the other English editions. - Wing (2nd ed., 1994), A4309 |
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