Proteus, ofte Minne-beelden verandert in Sinne-beelden - Cats, Jacob 1577-1660; Heinsius, Daniel 1580-1655; Sylvester, Josuah 1563-1618; Visscher, Anna 1583-1651 (Rotterdam Wadenoyen, 1627)
Dedicated to the mayor and aldermen of Rotterdam, with dedicatory poems by Daniel Heinsius, Adrianus Hofferus, Josuah Sylvester, and Anna Visscher (Roemers)
Emblemata (sinne-beelden): each motto or maxim has an engraved picture with an explanation: a quote in Latin and verses in Dutch, Latin and French.
Daniël Heinsius (Ghent, 1580-The Hague, 1655) was one of the most famous scholars of the Dutch Renaissance; he taught poetics, classics and political science at Universiteit Leiden, which he also served as librarian.
Bound in with 'Emblemata (in linguam anglicam transfusa)', 'Emblemata moralia et aeconomia', 'Argumentum Anna & Phyllis', 'Galathee ofte harder minne-klachte', 'Self-strydt', and 'Toneel van de mannelicke achtbaerheyt'
Originally published as 'Sinn’- en Minne-Beelden. EMBLEMATA, Amores Moresque, spectantia. EMBLEMES Touchants les Amours et les Mœurs Meliora, latent. Tundatur, olebit' (Middelburg, 1618)
Keywords: 17th Century (1601-1700); Poetry; Moral education; Emblem; Rotterdam (Netherlands); dwarsfluit; fluit van been; tabak; Heinsius, D; luit; slagwerk