Notes and Queries, Number 185, May 14, 1853 | Page 2

not coming within the same category. A good
comprehensive work on this subject of Books of Emblems, not
confined merely to the English series, but embracing the whole foreign
range, giving an account both of the writers of the verses, and also of
the engravers, and the different styles of art in each, is still a great
desideratum in our literary history; and if ably and artistically done,
with suitable illustrations of the various engravings and other
ornaments, would form a very interesting, instructive, and entertaining
volume; and I sincerely hope that the time will not be far distant when
such a volume will be found in our libraries.
I conclude with a Query of inquiry, whether anything is known of the
present resting-place of a Treatise on Emblems, which the late Mr.
Beloe informs us, at the close of his Literary Anecdotes, vol. vi. p. 406.,
he had written at "considerable length," from communications
furnished him by the Marquis of Blandford, whose collection of
Emblems was at that time one of the richest and most extensive in the
kingdom, and whose treatise, if published, might perhaps prove a

valuable addition to our information on this portion of our literature.
I would also inquire who was Thomas Combe, and what did he write,
who is thus mentioned by Meres in his Palladis Tamia: Wits Treasury,
Lond. 1598, 8vo., as one of our English writers of Emblems: "As the
Latines have those emblematists, Andreas Alciatus, Reusnerus, and
Sambucus, so we have these, Geffrey Whitney, Andrew Willet, and
Thomas Combe." Is anything known of the latter, or of his writings?
THOMAS CORSER.
Stand Rectory.
List of English Writers of Books of Emblems.
A. (H.) Parthenia Sacra, of the Mysterious and Delicious Garden of the
Sacred Parthenis: Symbolically set forth and enriched with Pious
Devises and Emblems for the entertainment of devout Soules, &c. By
H. A. Plates. 8vo. Printed by John Cousturier, 1633.
Abricht (John A. M.). Divine Emblems. Embellished with Etchings of
Copper after the fashion of Master Francis Quarles. 12mo. Lond. 1838.
Arwaker (Edmund). Pia Desideria, or Divine Addresses in Three Books.
With 47 Copper Plates by Sturt. 8vo. Lond. 1686.
Ashrea: or the Grove of Beatitudes. Represented in Emblemes: and by
the Art of Memory to be read on our Blessed Saviour Crucified, &c.
12mo. Lond. 1665.
Astry (Sir James). The Royal Politician represented in One Hundred
Emblems. Written in Spanish by Don Diego Saavedra Faxardo, &c.
Done into English from the Original. By Sir James Astry. In Two Vols.
With Portrait of William Duke of Gloucester, and other Plates. 8vo.
Lond. 1700. Printed for Matthew Gylliflower.
Ayres (Philip). Emblemata Amatoria. Emblems of Love in Four
Languages. Dedicated to the Ladys. By Ph. Ayres, Esq. With 44 Plates

on Copper. 8vo. Lond. 1683.
Barclay (Alexander).[2] The Ship of Fooles, wherein is shewed the
folly of all States, &c. Translated out of Latin into Englishe. With
numerous Woodcuts. Imprinted by John Cawood. Folio, bl. letter, Lond.
1570.
Blount (Thomas). The Art of making Devises: treating of
Hieroglyphicks, Symboles, Emblemes, Ænigmas, &c. Translated from
the French of Henry Estienne. 4to. Lond. 1646.
Bunyan (John). Emblems by J. Bunyan. [I have not seen this work, but
suspect it is only a common chap-book. A copy was in one of Lilly's
Catalogues.]
Burton (R.). Choice Emblems, Divine and Moral, Ancient and Modern;
or Delights for the Ingenious in above Fifty Select Emblems, Curiously
Ingraven upon Copper Plates. With engraved Frontispiece, &c. 12mo.
Lond. 1721. Printed for Edmund Parker.
Castanoza (John). The Spiritual Conflict, or The Arraignment of the
Spirit of Selfe-Love and Sensuality at the Barre of Truth and Reason.
First published in Spanish by the Reverend Father John Castanoza,
afterwards put into the Latin, Italian, German, French, and English
Languages. With numerous Engravings. 12mo. at Paris, 1652.
Choice Emblems, Natural, Historical, Fabulous, Moral, and Divine.
12mo. Lond. 1772.
Colman (W.). La Dance Machabre, or Death's Duell, by W. C. With
engraved Frontispiece by Cecil, and Plate. 8vo. Lond. 163--.
Compendious Emblematist; or Writing and Drawing made easy. With
many Plates. 4to. Lond.
Emblems Divine, Moral, Natural, and Historical, Expressed in
Sculpture, and applied to the several Ages, Occasions, and Conditions
of the Life of Man. By a Person of Quality. With Woodcut Engravings

and Metrical Illustrations. 8vo. Lond. 1673. Printed by J. C. for Will.
Miller.
Emblems for the Entertainment and Improvement of Youth, with
Explanations, on 62 Copper Plates. White Knights. 8vo. n. d.,
Part I.
Emblems of Mortality. With Holbein's Cuts of the Dance of Death,
modernized and engraved by Bewick. Three Editions. 8vo. Lond. 1789.
Farlie (Robert). Lychnocausia, sive Moralia Facum Emblemata. Lights
Morall Emblems. Kalendarium {471} Humanæ Vitæ. The Kalendar of
Man's Life. With Frontispiece and numerous Woodcuts. 8vo. Lond.
1638.
Fransi (Abrahami). Insignium Armorum Emblematum
Hieroglyphicorum et Symbolorum Explicatio. No