symbols & emblems

Author: Kale James
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 1 April 2026
218 pages

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!