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Some woodcuts from “A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs Be Your Gods” by John Ray, 1737. John Ray was a clergyman and a biologist and naturalist; he was born on the 29th day of June, 1628, and named John Wray; he changed his name to Ray when he was 42. He died in 1705.
Title: A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs
Published by: J. Hughs
City: London
Date: 1737
Total items: 14
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Tailpiece with Fisherman]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Ray-Proverbs/wm/big/320-012-tailpiece-q59-248x200.jpg "[picture: Tailpiece with Fisherman]")
![[picture: Chapter head with musical instruments]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Ray-Proverbs/wm/big/320-013-chapterhead-music-q26-350x200.jpg "[picture: Chapter head with musical instruments]")
Chapter head with musical instruments
Chapter headpieces like this were very popular in the eighteenth century; they remained in widespread use into the early 20th century as a low-cost way to make a book appear more expensive than it really was. There was quite a market in the engraved printing-blocks such as the [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: Initial Letter T With Angels and Devil]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Ray-Proverbs/wm/big/320-013-letter-t-q70-203x200.jpg "[picture: Initial Letter T With Angels and Devil]")
Initial Letter T With Angels and Devil
The two winged creatures in this decorative initial letter T are very definitely female and probably intended to be naked. They seem to have fish’s tails rather than legs and feet, so maybe they are Angels of Mermaids? Or just winged mermaids? Or they might be intended to be emenating from the ears of the face below, and be regular angels. The horned [...] [more...] [$]
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