emblem book

English

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

Alternative forms

• emblembook, emblem-book

Noun

emblem book (plural emblem books)

1. 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