Nicolai Vernulaei caesari regijque historiographi, & publici eloquentiae ac politices professoris Louanij, Imperatorvm symbola praeclaris regum, principumque nec-non variorum scriptorum exemplis illustrata : quibus accedit Commentarius in Andreae Alciati Emblemata vsque ad emblema XV
A Latin treatise on imperial mottoes with a commentary on Andrea Alciati's emblems, written by the Louvain rhetoric and politics professor Nicolas de Vernulz and printed at Louvain by Judocus Coppens in 1650 for university and court readers. The plates are small woodcut initial letters, coarsely inked on laid paper, their counters filled with scrolling foliage, strapwork and half-glimpsed beasts and faces — usable as drop caps, spot ornaments or texture studies.
