Ian vander Veens Zinne-beelden, oft Adams appel : verciert met seer aerdige const-plaeten ; mitsgaders syne oude ende nieuwe ongemeene bruydt-lofs ende zege-zangen
Jan van der Veen's 1642 Dutch emblem book, published in Amsterdam by Everhard Cloppenburgh for a general reading public, pairs Dutch verse mottoes with engraved scenes, several engraved by Salomon Savery. The pictures are small black-and-white copperplate engravings of everyday domestic and rural scenes, with a few figures in doorways and landscapes, showing how a moral idea can be staged in a simple narrative image that a designer could adapt for a caption-driven layout.



















































