Emblemata V.C. Andreæ Alciati Mediolanensis ivrisconsvlti : cum facii & compendiosa explicatione, quâ obscura illustrantur, dubiaq́ue omnia soluuntur
A 1648 Antwerp edition of Andrea Alciati's Latin emblem book, published by the Plantin press with Claude Mignault's commentary, aimed at scholars and readers of Latin moral verse. Each woodcut illustrates a numbered emblem above a short Latin poem, with the motto printed at the head of the page. The pictures are small, plain black-and-white scenes of people, animals and objects that a designer could borrow for compact allegorical imagery or for tiny framed vignettes with text beneath.
