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 Moral and Divine: And disposed into LOTTERIES. That Instruction, and Good Counsell, may bee furthered by an Honest and Pleasant Recreation. By GEORGE WITHER. The Second Booke. George Wither 1635 Illvstr. XL. Time, is a Fading-flowre, that’s found Within Eternities wide round.
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