Pia desideria
Pia desideria is a 1679 Latin emblem book printed at Lyon by Pierre Guillimin, with engravings after Boëce van Bolswert and verses by Herman Hugo, aimed at devout readers seeking spiritual meditation. Its small plates show winged angels and a soul in pursuit of God, drawn in fine crosshatched line with open skies and simple landscapes, offering a designer a compact vocabulary of devotional line work, sky banding and figure gesture.
