Pomponius Mela de totius orbis descriptione.
This 1507 Paris edition of Pomponius Mela's geography, printed by Gilles de Gourmont and revised by Geoffroy Tory, was made for scholars and readers of classical geography. The three pictures are heraldic and emblematic woodcuts and engravings: a bookplate with two lions flanking a shield, a woodcut printer's device with saints and an angel above a crest, and a later engraved coat of arms with a motto banner, showing how owners and printers signed their books with shields, mottoes and allegorical scenes that a designer could borrow for emblem or monogram work.
