Category
page 1Emblem books
The Astrologer who Fell into a Well
fable by Aesop and short tale reported by Aristotle regarding the life of Thales the Milesian
Washing the Ethiopian White
Aesop's fable
The Fox and the Sick Lion
Aesop's fable
The Oak and the Reed
Aesop's fable
The Dog, the Cock, and the Fox
Aesop's fable
emblem book
book collecting emblems (allegorical illustrations) with accompanying explanatory text
The Eagle and the Beetle
one of Aesop's fables
The Two Pots
Aesop's fable
The Fowler and the Snake
Aesop's fable
The Ass Carrying an Image
fable by Aesop
Atalanta Fugiens
alchemic work and emblem book by Michael Maier which consists of 50 discourses with illustrations by Matthias Merian
The Lion Grown Old
Aesop's fable
The Sick Kite
fable by Aesop
Emblemata
right|thumb|Title page of the book Emblematum liber by Andrea Alciato (1531)
The Emblemata, or Emblematum liber first appeared in Augsburg (Germany) in 1531 under the title Viri Clarissimi D. Andreae Alciati Iurisconsultiss. Mediol. Ad D. Chonradum Peutingerum Augustanum, Iurisconsultum Emblematum Liber. Produced by the publisher Heinrich Steyner, the unauthorized first print edition was compiled from a manuscript of Latin poems which the Italian jurist Andrea Alciato had dedicated to his friend Conrad Peutinger and circulated to his acquaintances. The 1531 edition was soon followed by a 1534
The Eagle and the Arrow
fable by Aesop
The Walnut Tree
Aesop's fable
The Old Woman and the Wine Jar
one of Aesop's fables
Musaeum Hermeticum
Compendium of alchemical texts (1678)
The Lion, the Boar, and the Vultures
fable by Aesop
The Beaver
fable by Aesop
The Trumpeter Taken Captive
fable by Aesop
The Bear and the Bees
North Italian fable
The Hedgehog and the Snake
fable by Laurentius Abstemius
The Blind Man and the Lame
fable
An Ass Eating Thistles
fable attributed to Aesop