Proscenivm vitæ hvmanæ, siue Emblematvm secvlarivm, ivcvndissima, & artificiosissima varietate vitæ hvmanæ & seculi huius deprauati mores, ac studia peruersissima adumbrantium: et Latinis versibvs, explicatorum, decades septem multis figuris adauctæ, & in vsum studiosæ inprimis iuuentutis ita adornatæ vt instar albi amicorvm sodalitatum symbolis, & insigniis conscribendis depingendisq; inseruire commode possint
An emblem book of seventy Latin verse emblems on the follies of the age, engraved and published by Johann Theodor de Bry at Frankfurt in 1627 for students, with blank space intended for use as an album amicorum. The small square copperplates set figures in ruffs, slashed doublets and tall hats among churches, workshops and hearths, worked in dense cross-hatching with a capitalised motto banner beneath—useful for period costume, cluttered interiors and numbered framed vignettes.
