Iani Iacobi Boissardi vesvntini Emblematum liber
A Latin emblem book by Jean Jacques Boissard of Besançon, published in Frankfurt in 1593 with engravings by Theodor de Bry, addressed to learned readers who read moral mottoes alongside pictures. The 56 small oblong plates set allegorical figures — winged Fortune, personified Vices and Virtues, armored soldiers, nude statues on pedestals — inside colonnades and courtyards, with inscribed stone tablets carrying the Latin text; useful for classical architectural staffage, fine-line hatching, and ready-made framed lettering panels.
