"Emblematical Representation of the Paradise of God; showing the Nature
of Spiritual Industry, in the similitude of a Garden well ordered,
dressed, and kept. London, 1779."
The author of this was a visionary Scots gardener named Alexander Clark,
who had been favoured with a special manifestation of divine glory, "by
which," he says, "(to my own astonishment) I was enabled to see through
every profound passage of Scripture, and to spiritualise every material
thing;" but he belongs to my fanatical rather {581} than to my emblematical
shelf, and may be worth a separate Note hereafter.
Under the name of Farlie, or Fairlie, MR. CORSER mixes up the titles of two
distinct books; they are now before me, and divide themselves thus:
1. "Lychnocavsia, sive Moralia Facvm Emblemata. Light's Moral Emblems.
Authore Roberto Farlaeo, Scoto-Britanno. 12mo.: London, Th. Cotes for M.
Sparke, 1638."
Containing fifty-eight emblems in Latin and English, each with a cut, with
a dedication in Latin to the Earl of Ancrum, and one in English to his
Countess. There are also complimentary verses by J. Hooper, Christ.
Drayton, Mr. Povey, Thos. Beedome, and Edm. Coleman.
2. "Kalendarium Humanae Vitae. The Kalendar of Man's Life. Authore R. F.,
S.-B. 12mo. London, for W. Hope, 1638."
With a Latin dedication to his patron the Earl of Ancrum. The book contains
verses upon the various stages of man's life, under the heads of Spring,
Summer, Autumn, and Winter; again subdivided into moralisations upon the
months, as corresponding with the periods of life, as "August, or Man's
Youth," &c. This has also a variety of curious cuts, and both have engraved
emblematical titles, the latter bearing on its face "G. Glover fecit."
When book-rarities were in more request, these were costly little volumes;
and I shall be glad if any of your correspondents can direct me where to
find any notice of Robert Fairlie, the author of two of the most
interesting of the emblematical series.