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Title

 Jacob Cats, "Proteus ofte Minne-beelden verandert in sinne-beelden", Rotterdam, 1627


Creator

 Cats, Jacob (auteur/author), Waesberge, Pieter van (drukker/printer)


Year

 1627


Type

 titelblad, title page


Measurements

 20 x 15,5 cm.


Related term

 titelprenten, embleembundels


Period

 17e eeuw


Classification

 D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst, E: Boekillustratie


Content

 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.


Original

 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