New York: William Morrow, 1933. First Edition. Large octavo with tan cloth boards and brown stamping; 206 pages; illustrations; 26 cm In VG (+) condition with mild darkening to spine and small puncture at center of spine; corners and head/foot of spine slightly bumped; 4 pages have closed tears and several pages show smudging; elegant ink inscription on front flyleaf. Hardcover.
"Edited and annotated by William Lyon Phelps. The engravings and verses are reproduced from the 1650 Edition of the Bybel Printen"--Title Page. "These picturs take us back to the curious form of literature known as the Emblem Books, that flourished in Holland in the early seventeenth century, when Jacob Cats (1577-1660) was supreme in the art; and in England they immediately became enormously popular, the Emblems of Francis Quarles (1592-1644) passing through a great many editions. [...] This volume onf illustrations will give pleasure to many thousands of people, and will actually help to increase a much-needed familiarity with Bible characters and Bible incidents." -- Introduction by William Lyon Phelps
