Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuwen-tijt : bestaende uyt spreeck-woorden, ontleent van de voorige ende jegenwoordige eeuwe, verlustigt door menichte van sinne-beelden, met gedichten en prenten daer op passende
Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuwen-tijt is a 1648 Dutch emblem book by Jacob Cats and Adriaen van de Venne, printed at Dordrecht by Jacob Braat for Josua Offermans, pairing proverbs with moral emblems for a general reading public. The small engraved plates show paired figures in 17th-century dress in outdoor and interior scenes, with gestures and props carrying the moral, offering a designer examples of compact narrative staging with clear poses and period costume.
