Chapter II: Sketch of Emblem Book Literature Previous to A.d. 1616 30–104

Sect. 1. General Extent of the Emblem Literature 30–37
to which Shakespeare might have had
Access

” 2. Emblem Works and Editions down to the end 38–59
of the Fifteenth Century

” 3. Other Emblem Works and Editions previous 60–83
to A.D. 1564

_i.e._ 1. Before Alciat’s first Emblem 60–68
Work, A.D. 1522

2. Down to Holbein, La Perriere, 69–75
and Corrozet, A.D. 1543

3. Down to Shakespeare’s birth, 75–83
A.D. 1564

Sect. 4. Emblem Works and Editions from A.D. 1564 84–104
to 1616

_i.e._ 1. Before Shakespeare had entered 84–92
fully on his Work, A.D. 1590

2. Until he had ended the 92–104
_Twelfth Night_ in 1615

CHAPTER III.
SHAKESPEARE’S ATTAINMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES WITH 105–118
RESPECT TO THE FINE ARTS

CHAPTER IV.
THE KNOWLEDGE OF EMBLEM BOOKS IN BRITAIN, AND GENERAL 119–155
INDICATIONS THAT SHAKESPEARE WAS ACQUAINTED WITH THEM

CHAPTER V.
SIX DIRECT REFERENCES IN THE _PERICLES_ TO BOOKS OF 156–186
EMBLEMS, SOME OF THEIR DEVICES DESCRIBED, AND OF
THEIR MOTTOES QUOTED

CHAPTER VI.
CLASSIFICATION OF THE CORRESPONDENCIES AND PARALLELISMS 187–462
OF SHAKESPEARE WITH EMBLEM WRITERS

Sect. 1. Historical Emblems 188–211

” 2. Heraldic Emblems 212–240

” 3. Emblems for Mythological Characters 241–301

” 4. Emblems Illustrative of Fables 302–317

” 5. Emblems in connection with Proverbs 318–345

” 6. Emblems from Facts in Nature, and from 346–376
the Properties of Animals

” 7. Emblems for Poetic Ideas 377–410

” 8. Moral and Æsthetic Emblems 411–462