Jacob Cats, "Proteus ofte Minne-beelden verandert in sinne-beelden", Rotterdam, 1627
Cats, Jacob (auteur/author)
Waesberge, Pieter van (drukker/printer)
year: 1627
type: titelblad
title page
technique: gravure
detail: nee
dimensions: 20 x 15,5 cm.
related persons: Cats, Jacob
related terms: titelprenten embleembundels
period: 17e eeuw
classification:
D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst
E: Boekillustratie
contents: Engraved frontispiece full of symbolism for an emblem book by Jacob Cats, with a picture of everything living on earth: people 'even from every faraway country', and 'women, servants and gentlemen'. There are also 'every tame animal' both in the air, in the sea and on the ground. In an explanatory verse everyone is advised not to submit blindly to all kinds of lusts (symbolised by the naked angel in the middle) but to climb up to 'wise Reason' and 'pure Morals'. The title of the emblem book is set in a cartouche and engraved in the usual hotchpotch of letters: roman, italic, and Gothic in various type sizes.
origineel:
source: Cats, Jacob. - Proteus ofte Minne-beelden verandert in sinne-beelden. - Rotterdam: P. van Waesberge, 1627, titelpagina.
available in: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 144 D 4
©description: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
©reproduction: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
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