Orbis Phaëthon, hoc est, De universis vitiis linguae
An emblem book from 1631 by the Jesuit Jeremias Drexel, with engravings by Raphael Sadeler, published in Amsterdam under the Blaeu imprint, and aimed at readers meditating on the sins of the tongue. Each plate is a framed engraving with a large decorated initial letter and a small scene, built from fine parallel line shading and a sense of gesture and drama that a designer could borrow for allegorical or moralising imagery.
