https://archive.org/details/collectionofembl00withe
It consists of 200 engravings, each accompanied by a Latin motto with English translation and an English poem about 30 lines long.
Interestingly, the book was designed as an oracle: a wheel at the end can be used to randomly select one of the emblems.
I guess that this combination of text and images could make a good oracle for a game set in the XVII Century or with a Baroque-related theme.


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