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Symbols & Emblems
Paperback
Body Art & TattooingIllustration
ISBN13: 9781922966780
Publisher: Vault Editions Ltd
Published: May 12 2026
Pages: 220
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.46 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Symbols & Emblems is the expanded edition of the Vault Editions Vintage Logo Collection series, bringing together 1,047 meticulously restored woodcuts, engravings, and heraldic illustrations drawn from the great emblem books, printer's devices, and symbolic traditions of Renaissance and early modern Europe. Skulls and serpents, winged creatures and celestial bodies, shields, daggers, mythological beasts, and allegorical figures - this collection covers the full visual vocabulary of Western symbolic art across five centuries.
Sourced from rare historical volumes and carefully restored for modern use, these images are ideal for tattoo artists, graphic designers, illustrators, collage artists, and anyone working with symbolic or esoteric imagery. Whether you are designing a book cover, a tattoo flash sheet, a brand identity, or a mixed media artwork, this archive gives you an extraordinary depth of material to draw from.
Inside this book you will find:
- 1,047 high-resolution woodcut and engraving illustrations
- Skulls, memento mori, and vanitas symbols
- Serpents, dragons, and mythological creatures
- Heraldic devices, shields, and crests
- Allegorical figures, celestial emblems, and printer's marks
- Emblematic imagery from the Renaissance through the Baroque period
Download All 1,047 Images in High Resolution:
Every image in this book is available to download as a high-resolution JPEG file via a link provided inside. Each file has been individually restored and optimised - no scanning required. Personal and commercial use included.
Add Symbols & Emblems to your creative library today!
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