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The English Emblem Book Project

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

The English emblem book project was set up with the aim of making full text emblem books from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries available online. Nine books are currently available. Full bibliographical details of the original source of each book is provided. The full text of each book has been scanned. Details of the optimum viewing requirements for each book is available from the technical information section of the site. This section also provides further information on the numbering, scanning and physical condition of the original works used for the project. The web site also provides details of what emblem books are and general information on the project. The web site has a bibliography of printed sources and a list of other emblem book web sites.

 


Historical theme: Social history
Geographical area: Britain & Ireland
Period: 16th Century | 17th Century
Resource type: Primary source
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