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Principe perfecto y ministros aivstados, docvmentos politicos, y morales. En emblemas

Mendo, Andrés, 1608-1684, Duke University. Library. Gilbert Collection · 1662 · 147 pictures

A Spanish emblem book of political and moral instruction for rulers and their ministers, written by the Jesuit Andrés Mendo and printed in 1662 as a mirror-for-princes handbook. The woodcuts pair emblem devices with repeated printer's ornaments: masks, scrolling banderoles with mottoes, flower swags, birds and pendant drops, usable as headpieces, cartouche frames and page furniture.

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

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