Moral emblems : with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations
Jacob Cats, Thomas Bolton (Wood engraver), Richard Clay (Printer), G. De Wilde (Wood engraver), Edmund Evans (Wood engraver), Robert Farlie (Author), W. T. Green (Wood engraver), Horace Harral (Wood engraver), Mason Jackson (Wood engraver), John Leighton (Cover designer, Engraver, Illustrator), Richard Pigot (Translator, Editor), Smythe (Wood engraver), Joseph Swain (Wood engraver), William Luson Thomas (Wood engraver), Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne (Illustrator), Josiah Wood Whymper (Wood engraver), Dalziel Brothers (Wood engraver), Edmonds & Remnants (Binder), Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts (Publisher), National Art Library (Great Britain). Harrod Collection
Print Book, English, 1860
Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, London, 1860
Bindings
xvi, [2], 239, [1] pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
1008120156
"The original designs of Adrian van de Venne, in a few instances only, have been deviated from."--Introd., p. xii
Copy [A] Publisher's binding of red morocco grain cloth; elaborate pattern incl. lettering on front, back and spine stamped in black and gold; front and back identical; bevelled boards; signed JL (i.e. John Leighton). Gilt-edged. Contains binder's ticket: "Bound by Edmonds & Remnants, London."
Copy [A] part of the Harrod Collection
Cuts incl. front., initials, tail-pieces. Text within double border with proverbial quotations in between