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
sources
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