The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems
A 1700 London edition of Diego de Saavedra Fajardo's political emblem book for princes, translated and issued by Matthew Gilliflower and Luke Meredith. Each plate is an engraved emblem: a Latin motto banner inside a Rococo cartouche, with a small scene below illustrating the moral. The pictures show allegorical animals, objects and landscapes that a designer could adapt for framing devices, heraldic-style badges, or ornamental emblem borders.
