Omnium virtutum christianarum exemplo Dauidis: pastoris, militis, ducis, exsulis ac prophetae longe praestantissimi nobis adumbratarum speculum purum ac pellucidum, omnibus & singulis piè ac Christianè vivere volentibus perutile ac necessarium : quod etiam figuris Aeneis perpulchris ac artificiosis adornatum

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arias Montano, Benito 1527-1598 (Author)
Corporate Author: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Contributor)
Contributors: Fitzer, William ca. 1600-1671 (Contributor) ; Bry, Johann Theodor de 1561-1623? (Printer)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:Latin
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Published: [Frankfurt am Main] Impensâ Gulielmo Fitzeri bibliopolae Angli Anno MDCXXXII [1632]
In:Year: 1632
Further subjects:B Emblem books, Latin Early works to 1800
B Emblem books ; Germany ; 17th century
B Bible. O.T. Samuel Illustrations
B Emblems Early works to 1800
B David King of Israel
B Fine Arts
B David King of Israel Species
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Description
Item Description:Signatures: * A-S T1. - A re-edition of the author's Dauid, virtutis exercitatissimæ probatum Deo spectaculum, 1597, with illustrations by Johann Theodor de Bry (cf. Landwehr). - Each of the 48 sections summarises an incident in the life of David; each is entitled at the head with the moral quality or lesson it is considered to illustrate with a citation from the Bible (mostly from 1 and 2 Samuel), and this is followed by 4 lines of Latin verse and an explicatio in Latin prose. Most sections are illustrated with an engraving preceding the 4 lines of verse, and contain additional verses by Mathias Bergius and others in or following the explicatio. - Emblem 38 mistakenly printed with engraving for emblem 39; corrected by a pasteover;IU. - Ownership inscription: Henr: White, Lichfield; Maii xxiii, MDCCCXIX [1819];IU. - Binding: Covers detached; spine broken--virtually disbound;IU
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (8, 146 p.), ill.