Pugillus facetiarum iconographicaru[m] in studiosorum potissimum gratiam ex propijs eorundem albis desumptarum et iam primum hac forma editarum = Allerhand kurtzweilige Stücklein, allen Studenten furnemblich zu lieb auss ihren eigenen Stammbüchern zusamen gelesen und in dise Form gebracht zu Strasburg

Heyden, Jacob van der, 1573-1645 · 1618 · [Strasbourg? : s.n.] · 25 pictures

A 1618 emblem and jest book compiled by Jacob van der Heyden, probably printed in Strasbourg, gathering witty pictures taken from students' autograph albums (Stammbücher) for the use of students. Its four plates are engraved scenes with short rhyming captions in Latin and German, many showing a lady and a gentleman in early seventeenth-century dress and a playful or courtly exchange. A designer could draw on their compact staging, dense costume detail, and the way text lines run beneath each scene.

Students · Emblems

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