Inside Out Library · Explore

Mundus symbolicus, in emblematum universitate formatus, explicatus, et tam sacris, quàm profanis eruditionibus ac sententiis illustratus : subministrans oratoribus, praedicatoribus, academicis, poetis &c. innumera conceptuum argumenta

Picinelli, Filippo, 1604-ca. 1667, Erath, Augustin, 1648-1719, Löffler, Johann Eckhard, fl. ca. 1630-1675, Demen, Hermann · 1687 · Coloniae Agrippinae : Sumptibus Hermanni Demen · 72 pictures

A Latin emblem dictionary by Filippo Picinelli, expanded by Augustin Erath and printed in Cologne by Hermann Demen in 1687, compiled as a reference of symbols for preachers, orators, academics and poets. The plates are repeated woodcut headpieces: a strapwork cartouche of curling acanthus enclosing a small landscape with a standing figure, usable as frames, chapter ornaments and reusable border stock.

Signs and symbols

Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public Domain Mark 1.0 · More from this library