Vorstelijcke warande der dieren : waer in de zeden-rijcke philosophie, poëtisch, morael, en historiael, vermakelijck en treffelijck wort voorgestelt : mit exempelen uyt de oude historien, in prose
A Dutch emblem book of verse fables by Joost van den Vondel, printed in Amsterdam in 1682 for readers seeking moral instruction, illustrated with etchings after Marcus Gheeraerts first cut in the 1560s. Each small plate sets animals — fox and crow, boar and caparisoned horse, stork, dogs and swineherd — in dense landscapes with ruins, farmhouses and fine-hatched foliage, giving designers compact animal vignettes, textured tree and plant forms, and background architecture.
