Dichtkundige bespiegelingen op LVII gepaste in koper gebragte zinnebeelden
This is an emblem book of 57 copper-engraved plates with Dutch verse, published in Amsterdam in 1782 by L. Groenewoud from earlier work by Arnold Houbraken and Gezine Brit. Each plate is a circular vignette set in a wavy-line border, with the moralising image intended to be read alongside its poem. The engravings are small, plain and often sparsely landscaped, so a designer could borrow their circular framing device, wave-pattern borders and quiet pastoral staging for vignette layouts.
