Biographical/historical: Originally published 1635 with title Emblemes.
Illustrations: 79 prints : wood engraving ; image 6 x 5 cm. or smaller. Comprise t.p. vignette and 78 emblems, based on those in earlier editions.
"Come, burst your spleens with laughter to behold A new-found vanity ... that has beset The world, and made more slaves than Mahomet: That has condemn'd us to the servile yoke Of slavery, and made us slaves to smoke"--P. 86. Emblem on p. 85 depicts pipe-smoking angel.
