Proverb Iconography: an international bibliography. Mieder, Wolfgang and Janet Sobieski. New York: Peter Lang, 1999.

A thorough, annotated bibliography of proverbs, proverbial expressions and verbal comparisons illustrated in art. Well over 300 bibliographic entries, fully indexed.

Animals in Art and Thought to the End of the Middle Ages. Kingender, F.D. Cambridge, Mass., M.I.T. Press, 1971.

Copiously illustrated; make use of Marxian and Freudian interpretations.

Emblem and Expression: Meaning in English art of the Eighteenth Century. Paulson, R. London, Thames and Hudson, 1975.

Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art, with special reference to their use in British Heraldry. Vinycomb, John. London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1906.