Emblesmes royales a Louis le Grand
Emblesmes royales a Louis le Grand is a 1673 emblem book published in Paris by Claude Barbin and written by the sieur Martinet, dedicated to King Louis XIV of France. Its pictures are small framed copperplate etchings with fine parallel hatching, each showing a classical or allegorical scene such as a seated musician, a lone tree beside water, a king receiving an object, or a group of figures in a draped interior. A designer could take from them the compact vignette format, the cross-hatched shading and the decorative ornamental border strips printed beneath each plate.
