. Emblems of mortality : representing, in upwards of fifty cuts, Death seizing all ranks and degrees of people : imitated from a painting in the cemetery of the Dominican church at Basil, in Switzerland : with an apostrophe to each, translated from the Latin and French : intended as well for the infomation of the curious, as the instruction and entertainment of youth : to which is prefixed a copious preface, containing an historical account of the above, and other paintings on this subject, now or lately existing in divers parts of Europe . ived is not noticed, whoufed, as his Mark, fometimes
. Emblems of mortality : representing, in upwards of fifty cuts, Death seizing all ranks and degrees of people : imitated from a painting in the cemetery of the Dominican church at Basil, in Switzerland : with an apostrophe to each, translated from the Latin and French : intended as well for the infomation of the curious, as the instruction and entertainment of youth : to which is prefixed a copious preface, containing an historical account of the above, and other paintings on this subject, now or lately existing in divers parts of Europe . ived is not noticed, whoufed, as his Mark, fometimes a Vafe of Flowersin the Midft of the Letters L H, and fometimesthe perpendicular Stroke of the L in the fecondStroke of the H, which is exactly as it appearsin the Cut before referred to. I have only to add, that the Cut5; in the pre-fent Edition, excepting only the firft (which,reprefenting in the Original the Deity in theHabit of the Pope, to avoid giving Offence, it wasthought proper to omit, and to fubftitute in itsRoom one defigned for the Ptirpofe) are en-graven, and the Verfes under them tranflated,from the Latin Edition of 1547 ; and that the ad-ditional Cuts, which appeared in the French Edi-tion of 1562 (with the Omiflion only of four ofBoys, as being foreign to this Subject) are herealfo inferted, and the Verfes under them tranflatedfrom the French. The EDITOR, March 24, 1789. The CREATION of the WORLD. So God created Alan in his own Image, in theImage of God created he him : Male and Femalecreated he them. Genesis i. In the Beginning, Heavn and Earth, And the refounding Sea,God, by his Voice omnipotent, From Nothing causd to be. The human Race, the Image true Of his divineft Mind,Both Male and Female he did form From lighted Earth we C * ] I N. Becaufe thou haft hearkened unto the Voice of thyWife, and haft eaten of the Tree of which I com-manded thee, faying, Thou/halt not eat of it, &c. Genesis iii. 17.
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