Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Cats, Jacob, 1577-1660
Title:
Moral emblems : with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations / from Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie ; with illustrations freely rendered, from designs found in their works, by John Leighton ... ; the whole translated and edited, with additions, by Richard Pigot ...
Published / Created:
London : Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1860.
Physical Description:
xvi, 239 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PT5626.E5 P5 1860+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Bound in red publisher's cloth, stamped in black and gold.

Binding signed JL (i.e. John Leighton).

Binder's ticket: Edmonds & Remnants, London.

Plates engraved by Thomas Bolton, Dalziel, De Wilde, Edmund Evans, W.T. Green, Horace Harral, Mason Jackson, Henry Leighton, [Frederick James?] Smythe [i.e. Smyth], Joseph Swain, William Luson Thomas, and Josiah Wood Whimper; after designs by John Leighton.

"The original designs of Adrian van de Venne, in a few instances only, have been deviated from." - Intro., p. xii.

Printed by Richard Clay.
Subject Terms:
Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts -- Publisher. | Clay, Richard -- Printer. | Leighton, John, 1822–1912, binding designer. | Edmonds & Remnants -- Bookbinder. | Emblems. | Fry, Clements Collard, 1892–1955. -- Ownership (med copy).
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1860.
Contributors:
Farlie, Robert. no_linkage | Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de, 1589–1662. | Leighton, John, 1822–1912. | Pigot, Richard. no_linkage | Bolton, Thomas, active 1851–1893, engraver. | Dalziel Brothers engraver | De Wilde, engraver. no_linkage | Evans, Edmund, 1826–1905, engraver. | Green, W. T., active 1837–1872, engraver. | Harral, Horace, engraver. no_linkage | Jackson, Mason, 1819–1903, engraver. | Leighton, Henry, fl. 1851–1872, engraver. | Smyth, Frederick James, fl. 1841–1867, engraver. | Swain, Joseph, 1820–1909, engraver. | Thomas, William Luson, 1830–1900, engraver. | Whymper, Josiah Wood, 1813–1903, engraver.