Pia desideria
Pia desideria is a 1670 Paris emblem book of devotional poetry by Herman Hugo, with engravings by Boëce van Bolswert, published by Jean Henault for Catholic readers. Its small engravings show a praying figure in open landscape with a haloed winged angel, storm clouds, and rays of light from heaven, a plain, expressive vocabulary for religious or sentimental imagery.
