Quotes from Nestor Maksimovich-Ambodik's books, and about them
A House of Gentlefolk on Symbols and Emblems: “On Sundays, after mass, he was allowed to play, that is to say, he was given a thick book, a mysterious book, the work of a certain Maimovitch-Ambodik, entitled "Symbols and Emblems." This book was a medley of about a thousand mostly very enigmatical pictures, and as many enigmatical interpretations of them in five languages.”