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













































































































































































































































