Homo microcosmus, hoc est: parvus mundus, macrocosmo, id est: magno mundo, in variis æri incisis figuris totq; carminibus Latinis, per selectiores veterum poëtarum fabulas, nec non elegantiores quasdam historias, emblematice expositus; cujus hæc editio tertia. In qua Latina ista carmina puris rhythmis, Germanicis sunt donata ... Opus, non solùm ad studiosæ juventutis, sed etiam pictorum, sculptorum ... usum et delectationem adornatum
Homo microcosmus is a 1670 Latin emblem book printed in Frankfurt and compiled by Martin Meyer of Hayn, Silesia, for students and for painters and sculptors seeking classical subjects. Its engraved plates pair small scenes of ancient fables and histories with Latin verses, and the figures are drawn with fine hatched lines, dense crowds, and clear gestures that a designer could borrow for narrative compositions.
