emblem book

English

A page of an emblem book by George Wither (1635)

Alternative forms

emblembook, emblem-book

Noun

emblem book (plural emblem books)

A book, of a kind popular in 16th- and 17th-century Europe, containing allegorical illustrations with accompanying explanatory text, typically morals or poems.

Translations

book containing allegorical illustrations with accompanying explanatory text

Dutch: embleemboek n
Finnish: embleemikirja
French: livre d’emblèmes m
Hungarian: emblémáskönyv
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: libro de emblemas

Further reading

emblem book on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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