Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all - oneself. Nobody knows his own frontiers… I don’t think I’d ever want to take a road if I knew where it led.

Louis Kahan
George Wither- A collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne, Quickened with metricall illustrations, both Morall and divine: And Disposed into lotteries, that instruction, and good counsell, may bee furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation. George Wither 1635 in 4 volumes.  William Marshall’s frontispiece to Wither’s Emblemes. Probably the most beautiful emblem book published in England. William Marshall (flourished 1617-1649) was a seventeenth century British engraver and illustrator, best known for his print depicting “Charles the Martyr”, a symbolic portrayal of King Charles I of England as a Christian martyr. More: http://emblem.libraries.psu.edu/withetoc.htm http://www.studiolum.com/en/cd03.htm

George Wither- A collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne, Quickened with metricall illustrations, both Morall and divine: And Disposed into lotteries, that instruction, and good counsell, may bee furthered by an honest and pleasant recreation.

George Wither 1635 in 4 volumes.

 William Marshall’s frontispiece to Wither’s Emblemes.

Probably the most beautiful emblem book published in England.

William Marshall (flourished 1617-1649) was a seventeenth century British engraver and illustrator, best known for his print depicting “Charles the Martyr”, a symbolic portrayal of King Charles I of England as a Christian martyr.

More:

http://emblem.libraries.psu.edu/withetoc.htm

http://www.studiolum.com/en/cd03.htm



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