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Empresas Morales...Sacalas a lvz el doctor don Francisco de Borja..

Borja, Juan de, b. 1533, Borja, Francisco de · 1680 · Bruselas, Fr. Foppens · 238 pictures

A 1680 Spanish emblem book, Empresas morales by Juan de Borja, edited by Francisco de Borja and printed in Brussels by Fr. Foppens; each page pairs a Latin motto with a framed engraved picture in an ornate cartouche. The pictures show ornamental strapwork frames around small scenes such as a temple with urns, a house with a bird on a branch, and a plant twined around a column, offering a designer ready-made baroque cartouche and emblem-frame compositions.

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