Achillis Bocchii Bonon. Symbolicarvm qvaestionvm, de vniverso genere, quas serio ludebat, libri qvinqve
Achille Bocchi's 1574 Bolognese book of emblems, the Symbolicarum quaestionum, pairs each Latin motto and numbered symbol with a small engraved scene, prepared for a learned readership in Bologna. The pictures are small black-and-white engravings set in a rectangle beneath the text, mostly of allegorical figures, classical gods, and symbolic animals, shown with dense hatching and clear outlines that a designer could study for compact narrative composition.
