The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems
The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems is a 1700 London emblem book by Diego de Saavedra Fajardo, translated by James Astry and published by M. Gylliflower and L. Meredith, offering moral and political instruction for rulers and statesmen. Each page pairs an ornate oval cartouche frame with a small engraved scene, a motto banner, and a symbolic object. A designer might take from these the compact frame-and-motto layout, the symbolic shorthand of emblem imagery such as a column, a ship, or a sword and globe, and the decorative scrollwork borders.
