Mundi lapis lydius, siue, Vanitas per veritate[m] falsi accusata & conuicta

Bourgogne, Antoine de, 1593 or 4-1657, Pauli, Andries, 1600-1639, Diepenbeeck, Abraham van, 1596-1675, Merlen, Theodor van, 1600-1659 · 1639 · Antuerp : Typis viduae Ioan. Cnobbari · 75 pictures

Mundi lapis lydius is a 1639 Latin moralising emblem-style book printed in Antwerp by the widow of Joannes Cnobbaert, with plates by Diepenbeeck and Merlen and text by Antoine de Bourgogne and Andries Pauli. The four small engravings show architectural ruins, a domestic interior with a seated man and child, a girl at a balustrade beside a gateway, and two men fencing beside a tall candlestand, all framed in ovals and octagons. A designer could draw on their compact framed vignettes and Baroque interiors for period scenes and decorative borders.

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