Ethica naturalis, seu, Documenta moralia e variis rerum naturalium proprietatib[us], virtutum vitiorumq[ue] symbolicis imaginibus collecta
Weigel, Johann Christoph, 1661-1726
Summary: First edition, first issue of an educational emblem book based on various aspects of nature and human nature with 100 engraved emblems by Jan Luiken (41 images) and Caspar Luiken (59 images). Each emblem is accompanied by a 10-line Latin verse in letterpress by the German engraver and publisher Johann Christoph Weigel.
Binding: Bound in 19th-century gilt-stamped brown morocco, gilt inner dentelles, gilt edges.
Additional Details: From the library of the French Latinist Jean Cousin with his pasted ex libris on recto first endpaper.
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Primary Repository ID
P_300000363001
System of Record ID
300000363001
Title
Ethica naturalis, seu, Documenta moralia e variis rerum naturalium proprietatib[us], virtutum vitiorumq[ue] symbolicis imaginibus collecta
Alternative Title
Ethica naturalis
Documenta moralia e variis rerum naturalium proprietatib[us], virtutum vitiorumq[ue] symbolicis imaginibus collecta
Date Issued or Published
1700
Description
Summary: First edition, first issue of an educational emblem book based on various aspects of nature and human nature with 100 engraved emblems by Jan Luiken (41 images) and Caspar Luiken (59 images). Each emblem is accompanied by a 10-line Latin verse in letterpress by the German engraver and publisher Johann Christoph Weigel.
Binding: Bound in 19th-century gilt-stamped brown morocco, gilt inner dentelles, gilt edges.
Additional Details: From the library of the French Latinist Jean Cousin with his pasted ex libris on recto first endpaper.
Publisher
Place of Publication
Nuremberg (Germany)
Contributor
Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
Luiken, Caspar, 1672-1708
Primary Language
Latin
Subject - Topic/Names
Subject - Time Period
Extent/Dimensions
101 unnumbered leaves
24 cm
Content Type
Text
Still image
Content Genre
emblem books
Format
Quarto
Related Material
Citations and References
Landwehr, J. German emblem books, 639
Van Eeghen, 348
Local Call Number
1700 WEIG
Rights Statement
The online edition of this book in the public domain, i.e., not protected by copyright, has been produced by the Emory University Digital Library Publications Program.
Institution
Emory University
Holding Repository
Pitts Theology Library
Sort Date
1700
