Two engravings
Dear reader friends: I am sending you two emblems or engravings, number 9 and number 59, both from the book Selectorum emblematum – ‘Selected Emblems' – written by the German poet Gabriel Rollenhagen (1583-1619) and illustrated by Crisjpin van de Passe (1594-1670) and Jan Jansson (1588-1664). Both engravings contain a text in Latin and another in Old French. LABORE ET CONSTANTIA …