Emblems of human nature, or time's warning to all people

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Title: Emblems of human nature, or time's warning to all people
Alternative Title: Time's warning to all people
Published / Created: [17--?]
Publication Place: England
Publisher: s.n.
Description: Text begins: "Young and old, rich and poor, male and female, to prepare for their latter end ...
Last line: Necessary for all Christian families who have the least regard for their future salvation to have in their houses.
Three woodcuts depict personifications of death and the crucifixion of Jesus.
Mounted on leaf 30. Copy trimmed.
Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Provenance: One of three volumes of ballads purchased from P. Murray Hill by W.S. Lewis; July 1948.
Extent: 1 sheet ([1] p.) : 14 x 27 cm.
Language: English

Genre: Broadsides
Woodcuts England London 18th century
Material: 3 woodcuts ;
Subject (Topic): Death
Grim Reaper (Symbolic character).
Death (Personification).
Crucifixions
Skeletons
Spears
Hourglasses
Scythes
Subjects: Death
Grim Reaper (Symbolic character).
Death (Personification).
Crucifixions
Skeletons
Spears
Hourglasses
Scythes
England > London > 18th century

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