The images in this year’s calendar are courtesy of a private collection, Palo Alto, California.

Claude Paradin. Devises Heroiques et Emblemes. Paris: Rolet Boutonné, 1622.

Horapollo, De sacris AEgyptiorum notis. Paris: Galeotum à Prato, & Ioannem Ruellium, 1574.

Della novissima Iconologia di Cesare Ripa, Perugina… Padua: Peter Paul Tozzi, 1625.

Andrea Alciati, Livret des emblemes… mis en rime francoyse. Paris: C. Wechel, 1536.

John Heywood, The Spider and the Flie, a parable. London: Imprinted by T. Powell, 1556.

Otto van Veen, Quinti Horatii Flacci emblemata. Antwerp: Philippum Lisaert, 1612.