Adagiorum Desiderii Erasmi Roterodami epitome
A 1663 Latin epitome of Erasmus's Adagia, printed by the Elzevir press, a compact scholarly collection of proverbs prepared for students and humanist readers. The single picture is a small woodcut vignette, a tree with a scroll bearing a Greek motto beside a standing figure, a monkey-like animal and a rocky mound, showing how a short emblem can carry a proverb's meaning in a tiny space.
