Technical Information
This section contains information about the page numbering, scanning, physical condition of the emblem book, and any other necessary technical information for Ayres, Harvey, HG, Hugo, Paradin, Quarles, RB, Whitney, and Wither.
Philip Ayres, "Emblems of Love in four Languages, Dedicated to the Ladys by Philip Ayres, Esp." S. Nicholls sculpt: Printed for John Wren, Bookseller & Binder at ye Bible & Crown near Great Turn-Style Holborn.
Page numbering:
The page numbering scheme follows the number of emblems rather than the number of folios. Each emblem covers two facing pages: the verso of the left page holds the illustration, while the recto of the right page holds the title of the emblem and the verse translations of the emblem's meaning into Latin, English, Spanish (?), and French. The verso of the text page and the recto of the following emblem illustration were left blank. For the purposes of scanning and displaying the images on a monitor, the emblem and the text were scanned together as one image file and numbered according to the emblem number. The blank folios were not scanned.
AyresA01_02 Prefatory pages with the title page and illustration on the inside cover and the sonnet: "Cupid to Chloe Weeping: A Sonnet." written on the first page;
Ayres01 Full-page illustration of the first emblem and translation of the first emblem text into Latin, English, Spanish, and French;
Ayres44 Full-page illustration of the final emblem and translation of the final emblem text into Latin, English, Spanish, and French
Scanner settings:
(Images optimized for closest color reproduction in Netscape Navigator 4.0 and sized to make the smallest text legible on a 17" monitor) Type: Sharp Millions of Colors Resolution: 100 dpi for viewing, 600 dpi for archival images Brightness: 140 Contrast: 147 ***note: when the scanner bulb washed out the text too much, the brightness was reduced by increments of 2 and the contrast reduced by increments of 1 until the text could be read. The settings were reduced no lower than 134 brightness and 145 contrast.*** Scanner used: Hewlett Packard ScanJet 3c/ADF Scanning software: Hewlett Packard Deskscan II and Image Assistant v1.12
Notes about the physical condition of the book: The book is small and has a leatherbound cover. The leather currently covering the exterior is a more recent addition, covering over the older leather cover, remnants of which can be seen on the spine and the edges of the cover. The older cover has a lighter color and is textured with pitting/pores? The spine and the outside edges to the cover also have been incised and filled with gold; the spine has golden double incised lines along the top and bottom, and a golden, incised, diagonal patterning decorates the outside edges of the cover. In contrast, the leather placed over the flat exterior surface of the cover is darker, smoother, and shows greater signs of aging -- cracking, crumbling, etc.
The pages of the book are in excellent condition, with a linen weave and texture. Most of the pages remain in the binding, but some have become loose or separated completely. No evidence of water damage, bookworms, rips, tears, or yellowing appears on any of the pages, although vague discolorations do appear. The pages have been trimmed down and rebound at least once, as may be seen with the uneven outside margins (note the difference in outside margins on emblems 8 and 15). I In the case of emblem 17, the outside edge of the page has been trimmed away to the point where the left edge of the image has been lost. In emblem 43, the final line of text in English translation extends beyond the outline and into the margin, where the final word was trimmed short.
--LRW --11 June 1998
Herman Hugo, "Pia Desideria: or, Divine Addresses, In Three Books Illustrated with XVVII. Copper-Plates. Written in Latine by Herm. Hugo. Englished by Edm. Arwaker, M.A. The Second Edition, with Alterations and Additions." London, Printed by J.L. for Henry Bonwicke, at the Red-Lion in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCXC.
Page numbering:
All image files contain two facing pages. The page numbers are represented in the filename by Huxxxyyy.jpg (x for left page, y for left page).
HuA01_02 Frontispiece and title page HuA03_04 \ to > Preface HuA09-10 / Hu002003 Dedication to the Desire of the Eternal Habitations, to Jesus Christ, Whom the Angels desire to pry into. Hu004005 Hu006007 \ to > Sighs of the Penitent Soul: Book the First Hu076077 / Hu078079 \ to > Desires of the Religious Soul: Book the Second Hu154155 / Hu156157 \ to > Ecstacies of the Enamoured Soul: Book the Third Hu238000 / HuB00_01 List of Books Sold by Henry Bonwicke HuB02_03
Notes:
The preface and appendix both consist of unnumbered pages. For this reason, they are named HuAxx_yy and HuBxx_yy respectively to separate them from the main body of numbered pages. Pages 16, 209, 212, and 213 are misnumbered as 14, 109, 112, and 113 respectively.
Scanner settings:
(Images optimized for closest color reproduction in Netscape Navigator 4.0 and sized to make the smallest text legible on a 17" monitor) Type: Sharp Millions of Colors Resolution: 105 dpi for viewing, 600 dpi for archival images Brightness: 142 Contrast: 148 Scanner used: Hewlett Packard ScanJet 3c/ADF Scanning software: Hewlett Packard Deskscan II and Image Assistant v1.12
Notes about the physical condition of the book:
The book is small and has a leatherbound cover. The leather currently covering the exterior is a more recent addition, covering over the older leather cover, remnants of which can be seen on the spine and the edges of the cover. The older cover has a lighter color and is textured with pitting/pores? The spine and the outside edges to the cover also have been incised and filled with gold; the spine has golden double incised lines along the top and bottom, and a golden, incised, diagonal patterning decorates the outside edges of the cover. In contrast, the leather placed over the flat exterior surface of the cover is darker, smoother, and shows greater signs of aging -- cracking, crumbling, etc.
The pages of the book are in excellent condition, with a linen weave and texture. Most of the pages remain in the binding, but some have become loose or separated completely. No evidence of water damage, bookworms, rips, tears, or yellowing appears on any of the pages, although vague discolorations do appear. The pages have been trimmed down and rebound at least once, as may be seen with the uneven outside margins (note the difference in outside margins on emblems 8 and 15). I In the case of emblem 17, the outside edge of the page has been trimmed away to the point where the left edge of the image has been lost. In emblem 43, the final line of text in English translation extends beyond the outline and into the margin, where the final word was trimmed short.
--LRW --11 June 1998
Paradin, Claude - "The Heroicall Devises of M. Claudius Paradin"
Page numbering:
paradA01 - parad09 - prefatory pages 01 - title page 08 - 09 - dedications parad001 - first emblem
Following pages mis-numbered: p.192 as 162 p.208 as 158 p.298 as 398 p.348 as 448 page numbers 368-369 missing page 333/334 - corner torn and replaced with other paper - no numbers listed
Scanner Settings:
(Images optimized for closest color reproduction in Netscape Navigator 4.0 and sized to make the smallest text legible on a 17" monitor. Type: Sharp Millions of Colors Resolution: 150 dpi (to best display a single page of text), 600 dpi for archival images. Brightness: 131 Contrast: 154 Scanner used: Hewlett Packard Scanjet 3c/ADF Scanning Software: Hewlett Packard Deskscan II and Image Assistant v.1.12
Condition of book - overall item is in good condition - binding is leather and is tight, but crumbling somewhat at edges.
Note - despite this book's small size, we are scanning one page/file due to the organization of the contents: emblem/text units are of varying length.
Note - some page numbers indistinct - pg. 26 printed as pg. 28 pg. 23 printed as pg. 25 pg. 31 printed as pg. 32 These appear to be printing errors only; no pages are skipped or deleted.
Miscellaneous - pg. 38 - binding error - text at the left margin is partially cut. JCH - 7/7/98
Francis Quarles, "Emblems, Divine and Moral"
Page numbering:
QuA1-7 Prefatory pages A1 Title page with illustration A2-3 Dedication
NOTE: First emblem is unnumbered. Numbering following the first emblem is consecutive by page: Qu0-1 First emblem and first page of text All subsequent pages are consecutive. All scans/files are of two pages of physical text. All filenames include page numbers.
Scanner settings:
(Images optimized for closest color reproduction in Netscape Navigator 4.0 and sized to make the smallest text legible on a 17" monitor) Type: Sharp Millions of Colors Resolution: 110 dpi (to best display two pages of text), 600 dpi for archival images. Brightness: 123 Contrast: 145 Scanner used: Hewlett Packard Scanjet 3c/ADF Scanning software: Hewlett Packard Deskscan II and Image Assistant v.1.12
Notes about the physical condition of the book: Small book with leatherbound cover - probably not original binding? Pages in good condition - gilt edged. No crumbling or torn pages, although some are stained.
Discrepancies: Following page 136, Book 3, page 133 repeats and follows again consecutively, i.e. p.136, p.133, p.134, p.135, p.136, p.137 . . . etc. Only page numbers for pp. 133-136 are duplicated, not image or text content. Due to this discrepancy, there are two files for the scans of pages 134 and 135. Filenames are differentiated as follows: Qu134_35.tif - first scan file Qu134.35.tif - second scan file Also, while the first page 136 appears with a book 3 designation, the following, second page 133 appears with a book 2 designation which continues through page 148. Book 3 resumes with page 149. Again, image/text content does not appear to be duplicated. Also, page 200 appears to be misnumbered as page 202. In sequence as follows: pg. 198, 199, 202, 201, 202, 203 . . . No duplication of image/text. All scanning/jpg conversions completed June 23, 1988 --JCH --4 June 1998
Wither, "A Collection of Emblems, Ancient and Moderne: Quickened with Metricall Illustrations, both Moral and Divine: And disposed into Lotteries, taht INstruction, and Good Counsell, may bee furthrered by a Honest and Pleasant Recreation," Henry Taunton, London (1635).
Page numbering:
Please note that gaps occur in the page numbering. Book II ends on page 124 and leads to Book III which opens with page 135. Likewise, Book III ends on page 196 and leads to Book IV which begins on page 209. The difference in pages cannot be accounted for by taking into consideration the front matter for Books III and IV.
WitheA01-A18 Front Matter A01 Text for Frontispiece A02 Frontispiece A03 Title page A04 Inscription on the verso of the title page A05-A08 Letter of dedication to King Charles and Queen Mary A09-A10 Writ of Prevention A11-A15 Notice for the Reader A16-A18 Engraving of Author and Meditation Withe001-050 Emblems in Booke I Withe051-062 The First Lotterie
WitheB01-B06 Front matter for Booke II B01-B02 Title page B03-B04 Letter of dedication to Prince Charles, Prince of Wales B05-B06 Letter of dedication to Prince James, Duke of York Withe063-0112 Emblems in Booke II Withe0113-124 The Second Lotterie
WitheC01-C06 Front matter for Booke III C01-C02 Title page C03-C04 Letter of dedication to Princesse Francis, Duchess Dowager of Richmond and Lennox C05-C06 Letter of dedication to Prince James, Duke of Lennox Withe135-184 Emblems for Booke III Withe185-196 The Third Lotterie
WitheD01-D06 Front matter for Booke IV D01-D02 Title page D03-D04 Letter of dedication to Phillip, Earle of Pembrooke and Montgomerie D05-D06 Letter of dedication to Henrie, Earle of Hollande Withe209-258 Emblems in Booke IV Withe259-270 The Fourth Lotterie
WitheE01-E09 Back matter for all four books E01-E05 Index table E06-E07 Postscript E08 Instructions for using the Wheel of Fortune E09 Engraving of the Wheel of Fortune