Tapisseries du roy, ou sont representez les quatre elemens et les quatre saisons : avec les devises qvi les accompagnent et leur explication = Königliche französische Tapezereyen, oder überaus schöne Sinn-Bilder, in welchen die vier Element, samt den vier Jahr-Zeiten, neben den Dencksprüchen und ihren Ausslegungen, vorgestellet werden
A bilingual French-German emblem book printed by Jacob Koppmayer in Augsburg in 1690, in which Johann Ulrich and Johanna Sybylla Krauss engraved André Félibien's account of the Gobelins tapestries of the four elements and four seasons made for Louis XIV, after designs by Sébastien Le Clerc, for court readers and print collectors. The engravings work as ornamental frames: strapwork cartouches carrying small landscape vignettes, hung with grape clusters, wheat, shells and hunting gear, and inset panels of calligraphic display lettering that can be lifted as borders, medallions, or harvest and seasonal motifs.
