Sapientiae symbolica : XIIII. emblematibus prudentiae morumque praecepta, explicans virutis commendationi dicata = Emblematische Weissheits-Regeln : in XIIII. Sinnbildern zur Erweckung der Liebe zur Tugend vorgestellet
A bilingual Latin-German emblem book of fourteen moral maxims, written by Antoine Du Chaffat and printed by Johann Friedrich Gentner in Augsburg in 1720 for readers seeking instruction in prudence and virtue. Each plate is an engraved rococo cartouche—scrollwork, banderole mottoes, potted plants, armed and feathered figures, animal masks—enclosing a small landscape scene with ships, ruins, radiant suns or birds, giving designers ready-made ornamental frames and vignette interiors.
