Title: EMBLEMS DIVINE AND MORAL
Author: Francis Quarles
Publisher: William Paterson
City: Edinburgh, LondonYear: 1888Binding Style: Hardcover
Pagination: 257Illustrated: Yes
Book Details + Condition: 1888 edition of Francis Quarles' EMBLEMS DIVINE AND MORAL. First published 1635. Poetry on various religious and Biblical topics, with wonderful reproductions of the original 17th century illustrations. Quarles (1592-1644) wrote pious verse-meditations and moral poems, which were popular with some of the Puritans. In good condition: some shelfwear to boards; bumped and rubbed corners; part of spine paste-down gone; small section of lower back board/spine cloth removed; slight tilt to book; minor foxing, mainly on first and last few blank pages; interior is clean and free of writing.