Emblemata selectiora : typis elegantissimis expressa, nec non sententiis, carminibus, historiis ac proverbiis, ex scriptoribus cum sacris tum profanis, antiquis & recentioribus, illustrata ..
An emblem book published in Amsterdam in 1704 by Franciscus van der Plaats, reissuing engraved emblems first made by Crispijn van de Passe and drawn from sacred and classical sources for a learned readership. Its pictures are circular copperplate engravings, each a self-contained allegorical scene with a short motto above or below, so a designer can take the framed roundel format, the dense hatched shading and the pairing of image with inscription as a model for compact symbolic layouts.
