emblem book
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[edit]Noun
[edit]emblem book (plural emblem books)
- A book, of a kind popular in 16th- and 17th-century Europe, containing allegorical illustrations with accompanying explanatory text, typically morals or poems.
Translations
[edit]book containing allegorical illustrations with accompanying explanatory text
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