Moral Emblems

Moral Emblems

Advertisement, printed in an “almost unique” edition,[1] for the first of the two series. Davos, 1882.
Editor	Lloyd Osbourne
Author	Robert Louis Stevenson
Working title	'Moral Emblems A Collection of Cuts and Verses'
Language	English
Published	1882
Publisher	S. L. Osbourne & Company
Publication place	Switzerland

Moral Emblems is a collection of poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by the author. It originally consisted of two small booklets of poetry and engravings, both published in limited copies in Davos in 1882. Stevenson was both the author and the illustrator, the engraver, and, in collaboration with his stepson Lloyd Osbourne, then aged thirteen, the editor. The title Moral Emblems was reused for a posthumous collective edition published in 1921, which gathered several of Stevenson's booklets, most of which he illustrated and originally printed in Davos between 1881 and 1882 by Lloyd Osbourne. The original editions of Moral Emblems are highly sought after and appreciated for their graphic and literary qualities and playful dimensions.