Devises Et Emblemes Anciennes & Modernes, Tirees De Plus Celebres Auteurs

This book gives the motto/superscriptio in German, French, Latin, and Italian, accompanied by the pictura. The individual writer of an emblem would write the subscriptio, which is usually about the length of a sonnet, and which further explores (but does not _describe_) the idea put forward by the other two elements.