Ethica naturalis seu Documenta moralia : e variis rerum naturalium proprietatib(us) virtutum vitiorumq(ue) symbolicis imaginibus collecta.
A Latin moral emblem book of 1700 by Christoph Weigel the Elder, a German engraver and publisher, with no named place of printing, offering moral lessons drawn from natural objects and symbolic images. Its engravings show biblical or fable-like scenes in open landscapes, with figures in period dress making gestures of exchange, rest, grief and labour, so a designer could draw on their clear staging, outlined trees and sparse ground to suggest allegory and moral narrative.
