Moral Emblems: with Aphorisms, Adages, and Proverbs, of All Ages and Nations
London: Longman, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1865. John Leighton. Third edition. Hardcover. 241 pp. Quarto. [26.5 cm]. Bound in red leather with elaborate gothic gilt ornamentation and gilt title stamped on spine with raised bands. Marbled end papers. Previous owner's name penciled on front free end paper. Front hinge cracked, but repaired by professional with joint tacket. Pages toned. Corners and edges ever so slightly rubbed. Very good. Item #62255
With illustrations freely rendered, from designs found in their works by John Leighton, F.S.A., the whole translated and edited with additions, by Richard Pigot. member of the Leyden Society of Netherlands Literature.
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