Le prince chrestien et politique
A 1670 emblem book printed in Amsterdam by Jean Schipper, a French translation by Jean Rou of Diego de Saavedra Fajardo's political treatise on the Christian prince, meant for rulers and political readers. Its pictures are framed oval emblems with Latin mottoes, small landscapes and symbolic objects in fine engraved line, offering a designer ready-made ornamental cartouches and emblem layouts for scrolls, frames and symbolic vignettes.
