Roemer Visschers Zinne-poppen : alle verciert met rÿmen en sommighe met proze
Roemer Visscher's Zinne-poppen, published in Amsterdam in 1669 by Johannes van Ravesteyn, is an emblem book of moral verses and proverbs in Dutch, aimed at a general reading public. Its copperplate emblems pair a small allegorical scene with a Dutch motto and a stanza beneath; the pictures show a strange plant, a hand dusting powder, a bare-legged figure, and a pair of crossed poles on a rough ground. A designer might take their compact, self-contained framing of an object or gesture with a caption-like title band as a model for labelled icon layouts.
