The emblem book is an expansive genre of literature which experienced its highest level of popularity from the fifteenth to early eighteenth centuries. These books, whether they contain emblems on religion, politics, love, or natural history, combine image and text to teach the reader a moral message. Emblem LII from Cats, Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuvven tijdt (1632), p. 158., shelfmark OTM: O [...]