De rervm vsv et abvsv
This Latin emblem book was printed in Antwerp in 1575 by the Plantin press, with plates engraved by Jeronimus Wierix after designs by Bernard Gerbrand Furmer, and was aimed at a learned readership of moralising images. Its engravings are small, dense, black-and-white scenes of allegorical and biblical figures, with Latin mottoes and captions, showing how a designer might build a narrative image from crowded figure groups, classical architecture and simple props that signal wealth and excess.
