Exercitationes sex varii argumenti. Contains the following works:

WAGENSEIL, JOHANN CHRISTOPH.

Paul Furst

Altdorf

1687

* I Commonstrans par symbolorum heroicorum, quae, Galli, Devises, Itali, imprese vocant, quibus ad summam perfectionem, nihil valde deest. * II Revelatur arcanum steganographicum. * III Recensens libellum hebraicum, Milchama Beschalom, sive Historiam, de semi-Pragensis urbis. * IV Repraesentans R. Petachiae itinerarium. * V Ostendens, Albertum Fridlandiae Ducem, fuisse omnino quondam Academiae Aldorfinae civem. * VI Ma’aseh she-he’etik R. Abraham Maimon bi-leshon ha-kodesh mi-lashon Arabi / Historia quam, ex Arabica in sacram Hebraicam linguam convertit R. Abraham Maimonides [Legend that R. Abraham Maimonides translated from Arabic to the Sacred Tongue: a tale of demons] Double column text in parallel Latin and Hebrew (rabbinic type). Each section beginning with elaborately engraved head-piece relating to subject at hand. Engraved plate (p. 55) featuring crest supported by three cherubs surrounding ferocious lion and reference to Virgil: “Roar horribly with bloody lips.” Binding with emblem of the Jesuit notable, D. Petrus Daniel Huetius (Paris, 1692). Formerly in the Gradenwitz Collection.

Vinograd, Altdorf 11-14.