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Mendo, Andrés, 1608-1684, Duke University. Library. Gilbert Collection · 1662 · 146 pictures

A Spanish emblem book of political and moral instruction for rulers, written by the Jesuit Andrés Mendo and published in 1662 for princes and their ministers. Engraved emblem plates pair Latin mottoes on ribbon scrolls with landscapes, tools, animals and beehives inside strapwork cartouches, alongside repeated woodcut headpieces of masks, garlands and birds usable as ornament.

Emblem books, Spanish · Emblems · Kings and rulers · Education of princes

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