Hadriani Iunii medici Emblemata : eiusdem ænigmatum libellus
Hadrianus Junius, a Dutch physician, published this emblem book in Antwerp in 1585 from the Plantin press, pairing Latin mottoes and verse with woodcut scenes for a learned, humanist readership. The four woodcuts show a pine cone-like form in a landscape, a grazing animal beside a tree, a figure riding a winged creature above clouds, and two oxen by a tree; their small framed compositions, dense hatching and plain landscape settings offer a designer a model for compact, symbol-driven vignettes.
