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A book, of a kind popular in 16th- and 17th-century Europe, containing allegorical illustrations with accompanying explanatory text, typically morals or poems.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Dutch:
embleemboek
— book containing allegorical illustrations with accompanying explanatory text
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Finnish:
embleemikirja
— book containing allegorical illustrations with accompanying explanatory text
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French:
livre d'emblèmes
— book containing allegorical illustrations with accompanying explanatory text
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Hungarian:
emblémáskönyv
— book containing allegorical illustrations with accompanying explanatory text
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Spanish:
libro de emblemas
— book containing allegorical illustrations with accompanying explanatory text