Proteus, ofte, Minne-beelden verandert in sinne-beelden
A Dutch emblem book by Jacob Cats, published at Rotterdam by Pieter van Waesberge in 1627, with engravings by Jan Swelinck after designs by Adriaen van de Venne, addressed to readers who read love imagery for moral lessons. Each plate is a round engraved scene set in a ruled square with hatched corner triangles: coastal and village landscapes, ships, fishermen, wading birds, and giant disembodied hands reaching from clouds, all built from fine parallel line and cross-hatching that suits reuse as roundel devices, borders, and stipple-style vignettes.
