D. Ioannis de Solorzano Pereira ... Emblemata centum, regio politica : ligneis laminis affabre caelata, vividisque et limitatis carminibus explicata, & singularibus commentarijs affatim illustrata : quibus, quicquid ad regum institutionem, et rectam reip. administrationem conducere & pertinere videtur, summo studio disseritur ... : cum quadruplici indice absolutissimo ..
A 1653 Madrid emblem book by Juan de Solórzano Pereira, with commentaries and verses on the education of princes and good government, printed by Domingo García Morrás for a learned readership of rulers and their advisers. Its pictures are small woodcut decorated initials, mostly a letter V framed by acanthus leaves, fruit and flowers, with one B set among figures and vines; a designer could draw on their dense, symmetrical framing and carved-looking line work for borders and capitals.
