Divine Emblems or Temporal Things Spiritualised(49)
First published in 1686 as A Book for Boys and Girls, or Country Rhimes for Children in verse on seventy-four things, it was not illustrated until 1707, having been reduced to forty-nine things. These illustrations come from a mid-nineteenth century version that in turn drew upon the 1757 tenth edition of E. Dilly.The artist is unknown.
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The sun’s reflection upon the clouds
The promising fruitfulness of a tree
The child with the bird on the bush
The candle falling to the ground
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