Emblems -- Early works to 1800

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• Emblems
• Heraldry -- Early works to 1800

• Emblems -- England -- Early works to 1800
• Emblems -- Europe -- Early works to 1800

• Atalanta Fugiens (English translation from MS Sloane 3645 in the British library), by Michael Maier
  • HTML with commentary at alchemywebsite.com
  • HTML with commentary at levity.com
• The Book of Emblems (in Latin and English), by Andrea Alciati (illustrated HTML with commentary at mun.ca)
• Choice of Emblemes (without introductory materials or sidenotes), by Geffrey Whitney (illustrated HTML with commentary at mun.ca)
• A Choice of Emblemes, and Other Devises (London: Francis Raphelengius, 1586), by Geffrey Whitney (page images at PSU)
• The Heroicall Devises of M. Claudius Paradin, Whereunto are Added the Lord Gabriel Symeons and Others (London: William Kearney, 1591), by Claude Paradin (page images at PSU)

• A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne, Quickened With Metricall Illustrations, Both Morall and Divine (London, 1635), by George Wither (page images at PSU)

• The Mirrour of Maiestie, or The Badges of Honour Conceitedly Emblazoned (1870; includes facsimile of 1618 publication), by Henry Goodyere, ed. by Henry Green and James Croston (page images at PSU)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• A Century of Emblems (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878), by George Spencer Cautley (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Emblems, Divine and Moral, Together With Hieroglyphicks of the Life of Man, by Francis Quarles (page images at PSU)
• Emblems of Love, in Four Languages, Dedicated to the Ladys (1680s), by Philip Ayres (page images at PSU)
• Pia Desideria, or, Divine Addresses, In Three Books (1678), by Herman Hugo, trans. by Edmund Arwaker (page images at PSU)

• Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers: An Exposition of Their Similarities of Thought and Expression; Preceded by a View of Emblem-Literature Down to A. D. 1616 (London: Trübner and Co., 1870), by Henry Green (page images at HathiTrust)

• Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers: An Exposition of Their Similarities of Thought and Expression; Preceded by a View of Emblem-Literature Down to A. D. 1616 (London: Trübner and Co., 1870), by Henry Green (page images at HathiTrust)

• Choice of Emblemes (without introductory materials or sidenotes), by Geffrey Whitney (illustrated HTML with commentary at mun.ca)
• A Choice of Emblemes, and Other Devises (London: Francis Raphelengius, 1586), by Geffrey Whitney (page images at PSU)

• The Mirrour of Maiestie, or The Badges of Honour Conceitedly Emblazoned (1870; includes facsimile of 1618 publication), by Henry Goodyere, ed. by Henry Green and James Croston (page images at PSU)

• A New Light on the Renaissance, Displayed in Contemporary Emblems (London: J. M. Dent and Co., 1909), by Harold Bayley (DjVu at Georgia)

• The School of the Heart, or, The Heart of It Self Gone Away From God, Brought Back Again to Him, and Instructed by Him, in 47 Emblems (London: Printed for Lodowick Lloyd, 1676), by Christopher Harvey (page images at PSU)

• Why is the Colonel Called "Kernal"? The Origin of the Ranks and Rank Insignia Now Used by the United States Armed Forces, by Raymond Oliver (illustrated HTML at navy.mil)

• Why is the Colonel Called "Kernal"? The Origin of the Ranks and Rank Insignia Now Used by the United States Armed Forces, by Raymond Oliver (illustrated HTML at navy.mil)

• Numismata Cromwelliana: or, The Medallic History of Oliver Cromwell, Illustrated by His Coins, Medals and Seals (London: John Russell Smith, 1877), by Henry William Henfrey
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • multiple formats at Google

• Catalogue of Gold, Silver, Copper, Brass, Bronze and Porcelain Coins and Medals: Composed of the Well Known Collections of Dr. Spiers and C. T. Ward, Jr., Besides Additions From 1877 to the Present Time (1909), by Society of California Pioneers
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Numismata Cromwelliana: or, The Medallic History of Oliver Cromwell, Illustrated by His Coins, Medals and Seals (London: John Russell Smith, 1877), by Henry William Henfrey
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • multiple formats at Google

• Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Chivalry, by Thomas Bulfinch (Gutenberg text)
• The History of Chivalry (second edition; London: Colburn and Bentley, 1830), by G. P. R. James (illustrated HTML with commentary at elfinspell.com)
• Knights at Court: Courtliness, Chivalry, and Courtesy from Ottonian Germany to the Italian Renaissance (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991), by Aldo D. Scaglione (HTML at UC Press)

• The Book of the Ordre of Chyualry, by Ramon Llull, trans. by William Caxton (PDF at shipbrook.net)

• The Flower of Battles, With Harness and Without, on Horse and on Foot (modern literal translation of 15th century Flos Duellatorum), by Fiore dei Liberi, trans. by Hermes Michelini (illustrated HTML at aemma.org)

• Brief Instructions Upon My Paradoxes of Defence, by George Silver (HTML at pbm.com)
• The Flower of Battles, With Harness and Without, on Horse and on Foot (modern literal translation of 15th century Flos Duellatorum), by Fiore dei Liberi, trans. by Hermes Michelini (illustrated HTML at aemma.org)
• Paradoxes of Defence, by George Silver (illustrated HTML at pbm.com)

• Modern Chivalry, by H. H. Brackenridge (HTML at Virginia)

• Stories From Famous Ballads, for Children (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860), by Grace Greenwood, illust. by Hammatt Billings (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)

• Queen Summer: or, The Tourney of the Lily and the Rose, by Walter Crane (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Bushido, the Soul of Japan: An Exposition of Japanese Thought, by Inazo Nitobe (HTML at sacred-texts.com)

• The Troubadours and Courts of Love (London: S. Sonnenschein and Co.; New York: Macmillan and Co., 1895), by John Frederick Rowbotham
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• The Code of Honor: or, Rules for the Government of Principals and Seconds in Duelling, by John Lyde Wilson (Gutenberg text)
• Down the River: or, Practical Lessons Under the Code Duello, by George W. Hooper (page images at MOA)
• South American Fights and Fighters, and Other Tales of Adventure (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1913), by Cyrus Townsend Brady, illust. by Seymour M. Stone, George Gibbs, W. J. Aylward, and J. N. Marchand (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Men and Violence: Gender, Honor, and Rituals in Modern Europe and America (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, c1998), ed. by Petrus Cornelis Spierenburg (PDF files with commentary at Ohio State Press)

• Down the River: or, Practical Lessons Under the Code Duello, by George W. Hooper (page images at MOA)

• The Art of Fencing, or, The Use of the Small Sword (Dublin: James Hoey, 1734), by Labat, trans. by Andrew Mahon
  • PDF at MSU
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
• The Sentiment of the Sword: A Country-House Dialogue, by Richard Francis Burton (HTML at ejmas.com)

• A Treatise Upon the Useful Science of Defence, Connecting the Small and Back-Sword, and Shewing the Affinity Between Them (London: T. Gardner, 1747), by John Godfrey (PDF page images at MSU)

• An Enquiry Into the Origin of Honour and the Usefulness of Christianity in War, by Bernard Mandeville (Gutenberg text)
• Men and Violence: Gender, Honor, and Rituals in Modern Europe and America (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, c1998), ed. by Petrus Cornelis Spierenburg (PDF files with commentary at Ohio State Press)

• Aucassin and Nicolette and Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends, trans. by Eugene Mason (HTML with commentary at elfinspell.com)

• National Park Service Uniforms, by R. Bryce Workman
  • volume 1: illustrated HTML at National Park Service
  • volume 2: illustrated HTML at National Park Service
  • volume 3: illustrated HTML at National Park Service
  • volume 4: illustrated HTML at National Park Service
  • volume 5: illustrated HTML at National Park Service

• A Book of Sundial Mottoes (1903), ed. by Alfred H. Hyatt, contrib. by Alice Meynell (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Nachlese zu den Devisen für Deutschlands Gelehrte, Künstler etc. (in German; 1773), by Heinrich August Ottokar Reichard (page images at HathiTrust)

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