#moral emblems

One of the key factors in democratizing the joy of reading was the emergence of the chapbook, small, loosely bound pamphlet-like books, which were sold for a penny or less, expensive but still within the reach of the labourer’s purse. Chapbooks took their name from itinerant peddlers known as “chap-men” who carried and sold printed matter hot from the city presses to the eager rural masses. Often…

Hermathenæ; or, Moral emblems, and ethnick tales, with explanatory notes

by Tolson, Francis, d. 1745 or 6; Devoto, I

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

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